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.

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Origin of homegrown

First recorded in 1635–45; home + grown

Words nearby homegrown

home free, home fries, home front, homegirl, home ground, homegrown, home guard, home health aide, home help, home-helper, home in on

How to use homegrown in a sentence

In Washington, one of the hottest topics in future will be how much, and how soon to throw long-term money at homegrown stars Trea Turner and Juan Soto.
MLB teams can buy hope easier than championships|Thomas M. Boswell|February 12, 2021|Washington Post
Buying a short-term oldster — and blocking the development of homegrown infielders such as Carter Kieboom and Luis García — is not the Nats’ usual way.
The Nationals, like the rest of us, want to forget about 2020. That might be pretty smart.|Thomas M. Boswell|February 10, 2021|Washington Post
Another homegrown variant could be circulating undetected just as well.
The US is way behind on tracking COVID-19 variants|Tara Santora|January 28, 2021|Popular-Science
In 2014, China announced a plan to spend $150 billion to expand its homegrown semiconductor industry.
Beijing’s quest for chip independence is made in Taiwan|Clay Chandler|January 21, 2021|Fortune

It’s unclear whether the Timbers will offer a homegrown contract in the coming weeks or trade his rights, leaving both Montes and Georgetown in limbo.
College players, in a year jumbled by the pandemic, prepare for the MLS draft amid uncertainty|Steven Goff|January 20, 2021|Washington Post
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
He pushed them—as head of the Council of Fashion Designers of America in the 1980s—to promote homegrown talent.
How Oscar de la Renta Created First Lady Fashion|Raquel Laneri|October 21, 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
The Council of India put on countervailing duties to protect their homegrown cane from the bounty-fed beet.
Creative Chemistry|Edwin E. Slosson
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
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 days were days of wonder for the homegrown young Quaker engineer.
Herbert Hoover|Vernon Kellogg

British Dictionary definitions for homegrown

home-grown

adjective

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

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