ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Home-grown

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Home-grown is an adjective meaning Having been grown in one's home garden, etc., rather than in a larger agricultural production.

Meaning

Having been grown in one's home garden, etc., rather than in a larger agricultural production.

More Meanings

  1. Having been produced locally.

Example Sentences

Our neighbours brought us some beautiful home-grown tomatoes.
We not only have to cultivate our home-grown talent better, but we also need to stimulate the flow of talent into our country.
Beyond the mere existence of a dictionary, what is required is the acceptance of the notion of a home-grown standardised variety in the language community itself.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include homegrown, indigenous, autochthonous, native, domestic, local.

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