homegrown

[ hohm-grohn ]

/ ˈhoʊmˈgroʊn /

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adjective

grown or produced at home or in a particular region for local consumption: homegrown tomatoes.

native to, characteristic of, or developed in a particular region: the music of our own homegrown musicians; a community known for its homegrown hospitality; America’s homegrown terrorists.

Origin of homegrown

First recorded in 1635–45; home + grown

Words nearby homegrown

homebuilder, homebuilding, homebuyer, homecoming, homegirl, homegrown, homeland, homeland security, homelands movement, homeless, homelike

Example sentences from the Web for homegrown

And the valley hosts a hodgepodge of homegrown Syrian-American groups—some with close ties to the government in Damascus.

Welcome to Assadville, USA |Christopher Moraff |November 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
According to Homegrown Video owner Farrell Timlake, women are now submitting their own videos almost as much as men.

Christian Right-Wingers Love Porn: New Studies Suggest the Bible Belt Has A Kinky Side |Aurora Snow |October 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
While not exactly the Ugly American, Sinatra provided plenty of his own homegrown ballast.

Frank Sinatra and the Birth of the Jet Set |William Stadiem |August 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The men finally have a homegrown support base that can go horn-to-horn with any country.

Portland Is Ground Zero for the Best Women’s Soccer in the World |Evelyn Shoop |June 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

They will take with them, if they can, some of their homegrown preserves.

Mom and Pop on Ukraine’s Battle Line |Anna Nemtsova |June 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The Council of India put on countervailing duties to protect their homegrown cane from the bounty-fed beet.

Creative Chemistry |Edwin E. Slosson
There was in them an element of life, they were capable of improvement, and they were homegrown.

An Old English Home |S. Baring-Gould
The homegrown beets give us only a fifth and the cane of Louisiana and Texas only a fifteenth of the sugar we need.

Creative Chemistry |Edwin E. Slosson
The days were days of wonder for the homegrown young Quaker engineer.

Herbert Hoover |Vernon Kellogg

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homegrown

adjective

Origin of homegrown

Words nearby homegrown

Words related to homegrown

Example sentences from the Web for homegrown