Definitions
adjective
characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
“native Americans”
noun
an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
“the art of the natives of the northwest coast”
noun
a person born in a particular place or country
“he is a native of Brazil”
adjective
as found in nature in the elemental form
“native copper”
adjective
belonging to one by birth
“my native land”
adjective
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
“the native North American sugar maple”
noun
indigenous plants and animals
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