Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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nonnative | No | Yes | No | No |
native | Yes | Yes | No | No |
nonnative (noun) | native (noun) |
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indigenous plants and animals | |
an indigenous person who was born in a particular place | |
a person born in a particular place or country |
nonnative (adjective) | native (adjective) |
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not being or composed of aborigines | characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin |
of persons born in another area or country than that lived in | characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning |
of plants or animals originating in a part of the world other than where they are growing | belonging to one by birth |
as found in nature in the elemental form |