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indigen

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Variant of indigene. In a botanical sense first used by Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1918.

noun indigens

An indigene or native.
A plant known to be indigenous to a region, rather than a cultigen.
Opposite: cultigen

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@misc{indigen_2026,
  title = {indigen},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/indigen},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}