homegrown

adjective

home·​grown ˈhōm-ˈgrōn 

1

: grown or produced at home or in a particular local area

homegrown vegetables

homegrown films

2

: native to or characteristic of a particular area

the festival will feature homegrown artists

Examples of homegrown in a Sentence

The family sells their homegrown vegetables at the local market.

The music festival will feature some homegrown talent this year.

Recent Examples on the Web

Each spring, Spencer Huey brings thousands of homegrown heirloom tomatoes to a parking lot in Berkeley, California, for a one-day community sale. —Emily Saladino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 19 May 2026

The data centers will run Google’s homegrown AI chips called tensor processing units, or TPUs, that are designed to develop and run AI models. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 May 2026

Building sovereign infrastructure means replacing that foreign dependency with homegrown intelligence—batteries and software that keep the grid stable without outside help. —Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026

Gardner is one of the homegrown celebrities who host the annual Big Slick fundraiser for Children’s Mercy. —Lisa Gutierrez may 15, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1647, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for homegrown

• acetone
• anglophone
• baritone
• bourguignon
• buspirone
• chaperon
• chaperone
• cobblestone
• collarbone
• cornerstone
• cortisone
• dictaphone

Kids Definition

homegrown

adjective

home·​grown ˈhōm-ˈgrōn 

1

: grown or made at home or nearby

homegrown vegetables

2

: native to or characteristic of a particular place

homegrown artists