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native in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
    "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students"
    native  indigen  indigene  aborigine  aboriginal 
  2. indigenous plants and animals
    native 
  3. a person born in a particular place or country
    "he is a native of Brazil"
    native 
adjective
  1. characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
    "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia"
    native  aboriginal 
  2. characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
    "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad"
    native 
  3. belonging to one by birth
    "my native land"; "one's native language"
    native 
  4. as found in nature in the elemental form
    "native copper"
    native 
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