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home-grown

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adjective

  1. (esp of fruit and vegetables) produced in one's own country, district, estate, or garden

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"We need home-grown energy, including fuels and aviation fuels," a commission spokesperson said.

From Barron's May 31, 2026

It is a clean energy option that provides enormous home-grown energy that is, and will be, needed to power vibrant economies of the future.

From Salon May 21, 2026

But Ukraine has also been developing its own home-grown solutions – from mobile fire teams operating heavy machine guns on trucks to cheap, mass-produced interceptors.

From BBC May 21, 2026

There has been an undoubted shift in the role of home-grown players.

From BBC Apr. 2, 2026

Dinners were always noisy, and they were always abundant with great pots of boiled rice, platters of home-grown vegetables, fish Papa caught.

From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston

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