indigene

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an indigenous person, animal, or plant; a native of a place

   The naturalist distinguished each island indigene from recently introduced species.

2. 2
   adj

   indigenous or native to a place

   The survey recorded both indigene plants and imported crops.

Borrowed from French indigene, from Latin indigena, 'native,' formed from indu, 'in or within,' + the root of gignere, 'beget or produce.' The word may refer to native people or native species, though indigenous and native are now much more common.

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