indigenous
adjective
in·dig·e·nous
in-ˈdi-jə-nəs
1
a
: produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment
indigenous plants
the indigenous culture
b
Indigenous
or less commonly indigenous
: of or relating to the earliest known inhabitants of a place and especially of a place that was colonized by a now-dominant group
Indigenous peoples
indigenously
adverb
indigenousness
noun
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