indigenous

adj.属于某个地方的;adj.与生俱来的,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
indigenous (adjective)
1.
produced, growing, living, or occurring naturally in a particular region or - environment indigenous plants the indigenous culture
2.
- innate inborn native
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
indigenous (adjective)
1.
belonging to a particular place by birth or origin
SYNONYMS:
aboriginal, autochthonous, born, domestic, endemic, indigenous
RELATED WORDS:
local, regional; original
NEAR ANTONYMS:
imported, introduced, transplanted; alien, exotic, foreign, strange; expatriate, immigrant
nonindigenous, nonnative
indigenous (adjective)
2.
being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing
SYNONYMS:
built-in, constitutional, constitutive, essential, hardwired, immanent, inborn, inbred, indigenous, ingrain, ingrained ( engrained), innate, integral, intrinsic, native, natural
RELATED WORDS:
basic, deep-rooted, elemental, fundamental; congenital, hereditary, inherited, inmost, inner, interior; internal; characteristic, distinctive, peculiar; habitual, inveterate; normal, regular, typical
NEAR ANTONYMS:
alien, foreign; accidental, coincidental, incidental; acquired, adscititious; superficial, surface; exterior, external
adventitious, extraneous, extrinsic
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