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home⋅grown

[hohm-grohn]
–adjective
1. grown or produced at home or in a particular region for local consumption: homegrown tomatoes.
2. native or indigenous to or characteristic of a region: homegrown musicians.

Origin:
1820–30; home + grown
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home·grown   (hōm'grōn')   
adj.  
  1. Raised or grown at home.

  2. Originating in or characteristic of a locality: "Rock is homegrown music in the United States, evolved from blues and country and Tin Pan Alley" (Jon Pareles).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
homegrown

  1. mod.
    local; folksy; amateur. : The homegrown talent at the fair was just as entertaining as anything could have been.
  2. n.
    marijuana grown domestically or locally. (Drugs.) : She'd rather use homegrown than have to deal with Shorty.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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