home-grown

/ˌhəʊmˈgrəʊn/ adjective

Definition

GARDEN › from your own garden: home-grown vegetables

LOCAL › If someone or something is home-grown, they belong to or were developed in your own country: Our football team has many home-grown players.

(Definition of home-grown adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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