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indigen

The English word “indigen” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An indigene or native.
  2. A plant known to be indigenous to a region, rather than a cultigen.

Etymology

Variant of indigene. In a botanical sense first used by Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1918.

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