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indigenous 音标拼音: [ɪnd'ɪdʒənəs] a. 本土的,土著的,国产的 本土的,土着的,国产的 indigenous adj 1: originating where it is found; " the autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo"; " autochthonous rocks and people and folktales"; " endemic folkways"; " the Ainu are indigenous to the northernmost islands of Japan" [ synonym: { autochthonal}, { autochthonic}, { autochthonous}, { endemic}, { indigenous}] Indigenous \ In* dig" e* nous\, a. [ L. indigenus, indigena, fr. OL. indu ( fr. in in) the root of L. gignere to beget, bear. See { In}, and { Gender}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. Native; produced, growing, or living, naturally in a country or climate; not exotic; not imported. [ 1913 Webster] Negroes were all transported from Africa and are not indigenous or proper natives of America. -- Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster] In America, cotton, being indigenous, is cheap. -- Lion Playas. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Native; inherent; innate. [ 1913 Webster] Joy and hope are emotions indigenous to the human mind. -- I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster] 40 Moby Thesaurus words for " indigenous": aboriginal, atavistic, autochthonous, bodily, born, coeval, congenital, connatal, connate, connatural, constitutional, endemic, genetic, hereditary, homebred, homegrown, in the blood, inborn, inbred, incarnate, inherent, inherited, innate, instinctive, instinctual, local, natal, native, native to, native- born, natural, natural to, organic, original, physical, primal, primitive, temperamental, unacquired, vernacular
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