native: betydning og definisjoner

Existing in or belonging to one by nature; innate: native ability.

Being such by birth or origin: a native Scot.

Being one's own because of the place or circumstances of one's birth: our native land.

Originating, growing, or produced in a certain place or region; indigenous: a plant native to Asia.

Being a member of the original inhabitants of a particular place.

Of, belonging to, or characteristic of such inhabitants: native dress; the native diet of Polynesia.

Occurring in nature pure or uncombined with other substances: native copper.

Natural; unaffected: native beauty.

Archaic Closely related, as by birth or race.

Biochemistry Of or relating to the naturally occurring conformation of a macromolecule, such as a protein.

One born in or connected with a place by birth: a native of Scotland now living in the United States.

One of the original inhabitants or lifelong residents of a place.

An animal or plant that originated in a particular place or region.