INDIGENOUS


Meaning of INDIGENOUS in English

adj. 1 a (esp. of flora or fauna) originating naturally in a region. b (of people) born in a region. 2 (foll. by to) belonging naturally to a place. indigenously adv. indigenousness n.

[ L indigena f. indi- = IN-(2) + gen- be born ]

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