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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(of produce) Raised or cultivated at home, on one's own land, or in one's own country; domestic; indigenous..
Each spring they planted a garden and each summer they enjoyed homegrown vegetables.
The young politician is a homegrown talent we are all proud of here.
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.
As historian Paul Hanebrink writes, the far-right in Europe could not accept that the success of the 1917 Russian Revolution represented genuine homegrown support for leftist politics, so communism had to be explained as part of "a Jewish plot to overthrow civilization and impose foreign rule on the nations of Europe."
Union head coach Jim Curtin, a lifelong Philadelphian, has made it clear that signing homegrowns will be a priority for him moving forward.
Use homegrown when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Homegrown means (of produce) Raised or cultivated at home, on one's own land, or in one's own country; domestic; indigenous..
Common synonyms include local, native.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Each spring they planted a garden and each summer they enjoyed homegrown vegetables.
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