Homegrown

Quick meaning: Homegrown is an adjective meaning (of produce) Raised or cultivated at home, on one's own land, or in one's own country; domestic; indigenous.

Meaning

(of produce) Raised or cultivated at home, on one's own land, or in one's own country; domestic; indigenous.

More Meanings

1. (by extension) Produced or coming from one's own country or a particular place; local; native; self-produced.
2. Someone or something which originated locally.
3. (by extension, derogatory) A native citizen of a country, especially a criminal, who has an ethnic, cultural and/or religious background that is different from the country’s historical majority, and is therefore perceived as foreign despite formal citizenship.

Example Sentences

The young politician is a homegrown talent we are all proud of here.

Each spring they planted a garden and each summer they enjoyed homegrown vegetables.

Union head coach Jim Curtin, a lifelong Philadelphian, has made it clear that signing homegrowns will be a priority for him moving forward.

One had never stepped in a rowing boat until 2008, the other will return to serve in the Royal Artillery in September. But Glover and Stanning will now go down in the record books as the first homegrown gold medallists of the London 2012 Olympics.

Word Forms

• home-grown
• homegrowns

Synonyms for homegrown

Depending on context, synonyms include local, native.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include native, local, home-grown, indigenous, autochthonous, domestic.

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