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

Made in Qatar Competition will celebrate talent based in Qatar with awards for Best Short – Narrative or Documentary (US$15,000), Best Director (US$10,000) and Best Performance (US$5,000) reinforcing DFI’s commitment to celebrating homegrown storytellers. —Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 17 May 2025

Heidi Gardner, Rudd, Rob Riggle, Jason Sudeikis, David Koechner and Eric Stonestreet — the homegrown A-listers who host Big Slick — bring celebrity friends and colleagues from TV and Hollywood with them. —Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2025

Celebrations are underway to honor the 250th anniversary of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence — a homegrown, Charlotte-style Independence Day celebration that’s all ours. —Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 16 May 2025

Some welcomed Europe’s April sanctions on Apple (€500 million) and Meta (€200 million) for flouting the Digital Markets Act (DMA)… but without homegrown champions, those penalties risk feeling like a Pyrrhic victory, their costly triumph having sounded the death knell of its own empire. —Sylvain Duranton, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025

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