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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
indigenous
    adj 1: originating where it is found; "the autochthonal fauna of
           Australia includes the kangaroo"; "autochthonous rocks
           and people and folktales"; "endemic folkways"; "the Ainu
           are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan"
           [syn: autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous,
           endemic, indigenous]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Indigenous \In*dig"e*nous\, a. [L. indigenus, indigena, fr. OL.
   indu (fr. in in) + the root of L. gignere to beget, bear. See
   In, and Gender.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. Native; produced, growing, or living, naturally in a
      country or climate; not exotic; not imported.
      [1913 Webster]

            Negroes were all transported from Africa and are not
            indigenous or proper natives of America. --Sir T.
                                                  Browne.
      [1913 Webster]

            In America, cotton, being indigenous, is cheap.
                                                  --Lion Playas.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Native; inherent; innate.
      [1913 Webster]

            Joy and hope are emotions indigenous to the human
            mind.                                 --I. Taylor.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Indigenous:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
aboriginal, atavistic, autochthonous, bodily, born, coeval, congenital, connatal, connate, connatural, constitutional, endemic, genetic, hereditary, homebred, homegrown, in the blood, inborn, inbred, incarnate, inherent, inherited, innate, instinctive, instinctual, local, natal, native, native to, native-born, natural, natural to, organic, original, physical, primal, primitive, temperamental, unacquired, vernacular
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