Meaning & use
Homegrown
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Grown, produced, or developed locally or within one's own home, region, or organization, rather than imported.
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The restaurant prides itself on using homegrown vegetables from its own garden.
The company relied on homegrown talent rather than hiring outside consultants.
A note on using this word
While originally used for produce grown in a home garden, homegrown is now widely applied to talent, technology, and even terrorism to mean "originating internally."
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Words with an opposite meaning
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