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Meaning of native

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  native
      adj 1: characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic
             origin; "the native North American sugar maple"; "many
             native artists studied abroad" [ant: {foreign},
             {strange}]
      2: belonging to one by birth; "my native land"; "one's native
         language" [ant: {adopted}, {adoptive}]
      3: characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region
         from the beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal
         peoples of Australia" [syn: {native}, {aboriginal}] [ant:
         {nonnative}]
      4: as found in nature in the elemental form; "native copper"
      n 1: an indigenous person who was born in a particular place;
           "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the
           Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to
           aboriginal college students" [syn: {native}, {indigen},
           {indigene}, {aborigine}, {aboriginal}]
      2: a person born in a particular place or country; "he is a
         native of Brazil"
      3: indigenous plants and animals

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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