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homegrown

[hohm-grohn]

adjective

  1. grown grown or produced at home or in a particular region for local consumption.

    homegrown tomatoes.

  2. 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of homegrown1

First recorded in 1635–45; home + grown
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The international market has also become more favorable to local content, meaning U.S.-made shows are now heavily competing with homegrown series.

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Los Angeles Opera has struggled with one insufficient “Rigoletto” production after another, imported or homegrown.

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Deporting care providers might make sense if there were a plan to make the jobs more attractive to homegrown replacements, but none of us would bet a day-old doughnut on that happening.

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“It is more important than ever that California and all other states that rely on Clean Air Act waivers continue to cut tailpipe pollution through homegrown, health-protective policies.”

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In Japan though the issue has become so serious that the country has begun importing rice from South Korea for the first time in a quarter of a century, even though consumers prefer homegrown varieties.

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