homegrown

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homegrown

adjective home-grown

not comparable, 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.
broadly, not comparable Produced or coming from one's own country or a particular place; local; native; self-produced. The young politician is a homegrown talent we are all proud of here.

noun homegrowns · home-grown

Someone or something which originated locally. Union head coach Jim Curtin, a lifelong Philadelphian, has made it clear that signing homegrowns will be a priority for him moving forward.
broadly, 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.

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Closest in meaning: native, local, home-grown, indigenous, autochthonous, domestic, home-made, own, internal, cultivated, subspontaneous, herbal, garden, herbescent, edible, peagrowing

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adj Grown at home

Español	casero, de cosecha propia
中文	自家种植的
Français	fait maison
Deutsch	selbstgezogen
Italiano	nostrano, fatto in casa
Русский	дома́шний domášnij

adj Created or constructed in an informal or amateur manner; done without formal assistance, as from a business, organization, or professional

Русский	доморо́щенный domoróščennyj

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@misc{homegrown_2026,
  title = {homegrown},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/homegrown},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}