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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homegrown definition


  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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