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English Dictionary: native	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
native adj characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin; "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad" Antonym(s): foreign, strange belonging to one by birth; "my native land"; "one's native language" Antonym(s): adopted, adoptive characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia" Synonym(s): native, aboriginal Antonym(s): nonnative as found in nature in the elemental form; "native copper" n 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" Synonym(s): native, indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal a person born in a particular place or country; "he is a native of Brazil" indigenous plants and animals
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Native \Na"tive\, a. [F. natif, L. nativus, fr. nasci, p. p. natus. See {Nation}, and cf. {Na[8b]ve}, {Nelf} a serf.] 1. Arising by birth; having an origin; born. [Obs.] Anaximander's opinion is, that the gods are native, rising and vanishing again in long periods of times. --Cudworth. 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. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 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.]