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native

adjective
  1. Possessed at birth: congenital, hereditary, inborn, inherited, innate. See be, native
  2. Forming an essential element, as arising from the basic structure of an individual: built-in, congenital, connatural, constitutional, elemental, inborn, inbred, indigenous, indwelling, ingrained, inherent, innate, intrinsic, natural. See be, native, start
  3. Of, from, or within a country's own territory: domestic, home, internal, national. See native
  4. Existing, born, or produced in a land or region: aboriginal, autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, indigenous. See native
  5. In a primitive state; not domesticated or cultivated; produced by nature: natural, rough, uncultivated, undomesticated, untamed, wild. See wild
  6. In a natural state and still not prepared for use: crude, raw, unprocessed, unrefined. See clean

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