homegrown
adjective
home·grown
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Definition of homegrown
1
: grown or produced at home or in a particular local area
homegrown vegetables homegrown films
2
: native to or characteristic of a particular area
the festival will feature homegrown artists
Examples of homegrown in a Sentence
The family sells their homegrown vegetables at the local market.
The music festival will feature some homegrown talent this year.
Recent Examples on the Web
Trevor Story and David Dahl are homegrown all-stars in their mid-20s. — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, "Newman vs. Kiz: Is cash-poor TV deal or talent-poor farm system the bigger problem for the Rockies?," 5 Aug. 2019 Calum Chambers and Carl Jenkinson are not likely options, although the increasingly important Ainsley Maitland-Niles, just 21, is homegrown. — SI.com, "Rob Holding in Line for Surprise Arsenal Leadership Role as Laurent Koscielny Battles to Leave," 19 July 2019 For Orlando homegrown star Benji Michel, there’s no place like home to play soccer. — Julia Poe, Pro Soccer USA, "Strong work ethic helped Orlando City’s Benji Michel earn spot in MLS Homegrown Game," 30 July 2019 But no large, homegrown companies have sprung up to replace those that departed. — Mike Rogoway, oregonlive.com, "Portland shipbuilder Vigor Industrial sells to D.C. investment firm," 25 July 2019 Davis Gaines, a Central Florida homegrown Broadway star, will give a one-night only concert at the Garden Theatre in Winter Garden. — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, "Davis Gaines sings one night only in Winter Garden," 17 July 2019 One of Sivan’s cousins in South Africa sent him a video of the performance that had been uploaded to YouTube, which was just a year old and was beginning to launch its own homegrown stars, including Bieber. — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, "Troye Sivan’s Coming of Age," 17 June 2019 One homegrown player saw his Astros career end Thursday. — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, "Astros trade Tyler White, plan to move on from Tony Kemp," 25 July 2019 The homegrown team will face the U-20 team from Mexican club Chivas de Guadalajara on Tuesday. — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, "LAFC’s Carlos Vela chosen as MLS All-Star team captain," 25 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'homegrown.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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homegrown
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of homegrown
: grown or made at home or in your local area
: raised in or coming from your local area
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