homegrown

alternative home-grown

1. not comparableRaised or cultivated at home, on one's own land, or in one's own country; domestic; indigenous.First known use 1640s

   Each spring they planted a garden and each summer they enjoyed homegrown vegetables.

2. broadlynot comparableProduced or coming from one's own country or a particular place; local; native; self-produced.First known use 1730s

   The young politician is a homegrown talent we are all proud of here.

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   One had never stepped in a rowing boat until 2008, the other will return to serve in the Royal Artillery in September. But Glover and Stanning will now go down in the record books as the first homegrown gold medallists of the London 2012 Olympics.

   2012 August 1, Owen Gibson, London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal, Guardian Unlimited

   As historian Paul Hanebrink writes, the far-right in Europe could not accept that the success of the 1917 Russian Revolution represented genuine homegrown support for leftist politics, so communism had to be explained as part of "a Jewish plot to overthrow civilization and impose foreign rule on the nations of Europe."

   2020 February 5, Joel Swanson, “Are anti-Semitism fears stopping Jewish Dems from supporting Bernie Sanders?”, in The Forward

plural homegrowns · alternative home-grown

1. Someone or something which originated locally.

   Union head coach Jim Curtin, a lifelong Philadelphian, has made it clear that signing homegrowns will be a priority for him moving forward.

   2015 July 14, Dave Zeitlin, “Will Philadelphia Union's high-school create USA's next soccer stars?”, in The Guardian

2. broadlyderogatoryA native citizen of a country, especially a criminal, who has an ethnic, cultural and/or religious background that is different from the country’s historical majority, and is therefore perceived as foreign despite formal citizenship.