Dictionary definition · native
noun
- an indigenous person who was born in a particular place"the art of the natives of the northwest coast"
- a person born in a particular place or country"he is a native of Brazil"
- indigenous plants and animals
adjective
- characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin"the native North American sugar maple"
- belonging to one by birth"my native land"
- characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning"native Americans"
- as found in nature in the elemental form"native copper"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).