native

native
    adj 1: characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic
           origin; "the native North American sugar maple"; "many
           native artists studied abroad" [ant: {foreign},
           {strange}]
    2: belonging to one by birth; "my native land"; "one's native
       language" [ant: {adopted}, {adoptive}]
    3: characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region
       from the beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal
       peoples of Australia" [syn: {native}, {aboriginal}] [ant:
       {nonnative}]
    4: as found in nature in the elemental form; "native copper"
    n 1: an indigenous person who was born in a particular place;
         "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the
         Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to
         aboriginal college students" [syn: {native}, {indigen},
         {indigene}, {aborigine}, {aboriginal}]
    2: a person born in a particular place or country; "he is a
       native of Brazil"
    3: indigenous plants and animals
    

Native \Na"tive\ (n[=a]"t[i^]v), a. [F. natif, L. nativus, fr.
   nasci, p. p. natus. See {Nation}, and cf. {Na["i]ve}, {Neif}
   a serf.]
   1. Arising by birth; having an origin; born. [Obs.]
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            Anaximander's opinion is, that the gods are native,
            rising and vanishing again in long periods of times.
                                                  --Cudworth.
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   2. Of or pertaining to one's birth; natal; belonging to the
      place or the circumstances in which one is born; --
      opposed to {foreign}; as, native land, language, color,
      etc.
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   3. Born in the region in which one lives; as, a native
      inhabitant, race; grown or originating in the region where
      used or sold; not foreign or {imported}; as, native
      oysters, or strawberries. In the latter sense, synonymous
      with {domestic}.
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   4. Original; constituting the original substance of anything;
      as, native dust. --Milton.
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   5. Conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one;
      inherent; inborn; not acquired; as, native genius,
      cheerfulness, wit, simplicity, rights, intelligence, etc.
      Having the same meaning as {congenital}, but typically
      used for positive qualities, whereas {congenital} may be
      used for negative qualities. See also {congenital}
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            Courage is native to you.             --Jowett
                                                  (Thucyd.).
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   6. Naturally related; cognate; connected (with). [R.]
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            the head is not more native to the heart, . . .
            Than is the throne of Denmark to thy father. --Shak.
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   7. (Min.)
      (a) Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as,
          native silver, copper, gold.
      (b) Found in nature; not artificial; as native sodium
          chloride.
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   {Native American party}. See under {American}, a.

   {Native bear} (Zool.), the koala.

   {Native bread} (Bot.), a large underground fungus, of
      Australia ({Mylitta australis}), somewhat resembling a
      truffle, but much larger.

   {Native devil}. (Zool.) Same as {Tasmanian devil}, under
      {Devil}.

   {Native hen} (Zool.), an Australian rail ({Tribonyx
      Mortierii}).

   {Native pheasant}. (Zool.) See {Leipoa}.

   {Native rabbit} (Zool.), an Australian marsupial ({Perameles
      lagotis}) resembling a rabbit in size and form.

   {Native sloth} (Zool.), the koala.

   {Native thrush} (Zool.), an Australian singing bird
      ({Pachycephala olivacea}); -- called also {thickhead}.

   {Native turkey} (Zool.), the Australian bustard ({Choriotis
      australis}); -- called also {bebilya}.
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   Syn: Natural; natal; original; congenital.

   Usage: {Native}, {Natural}, {Natal}. natural refers to the
          nature of a thing, or that which springs therefrom;
          native, to one's birth or origin; as, a native
          country, language, etc.; natal, to the circumstances
          of one's birth; as, a natal day, or star. Native
          talent is that which is inborn; natural talent is that
          which springs from the structure of the mind. Native
          eloquence is the result of strong innate emotion;
          natural eloquence is opposed to that which is studied
          or artificial.
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Native \Na"tive\, n.
   1. One who, or that which, is born in a place or country
      referred to; a denizen by birth; an animal, a fruit, or
      vegetable, produced in a certain region; as, a native of
      France; the natives are restless.
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   2. (Stock Breeding) Any of the live stock found in a region,
      as distinguished from such as belong to pure and distinct
      imported breeds. [U.S.]
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110 Moby Thesaurus words for "native":
      aboriginal, aborigine, agrarian, arcadian, artless, atavistic,
      autochthon, autochthonous, basic, best, bodily, born, bucolic,
      by birth, candid, citizen, clan, coeval, congenital, connatal,
      connate, connatural, constitutional, crude, direct, domestic,
      earliest inhabitant, endemic, ethnic, exclusive, first,
      first comer, genetic, genuine, hereditary, home, homebred,
      homegrown, homespun, honest, impure, in the blood, in the raw,
      inartificial, inborn, inbred, incarnate, indigene, indigenous,
      indwelling, inhabitant, inherent, inherited, inland, innate,
      instinctive, instinctual, internal, intestine, intrinsic, local,
      local yokel, municipal, natal, national, native to, native-born,
      natural, natural to, naturelike, organic, original, pastoral,
      physical, primal, primitive, primitive settler, pristine,
      provincial, raw, resident, run-of-mine, rural, straightforward,
      temperamental, tribal, unacquired, unadorned, unaffected,
      unartificial, unassuming, uncultivated, undesigning, undisguising,
      undissembling, undissimulating, undomesticated, unembellished,
      unfeigning, ungraded, unpretending, unpretentious, unsorted,
      unspoiled, unsullied, untouched, unvarnished, vernacular, virgin,
      virginal