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

And the British government recently bet heavily on its homegrown self-driving firm Wayve, which a tech writer said had the potential to challenge the big players. —Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 21 Nov. 2025

Between December 2024 and the end of this year, 50 homegrown film productions have taken place in Ukraine despite the war caused by the Russian invasion in February 2022, Andrii Osipov, the head of the Ukrainian State Film Agency, said in Tallinn, Estonia, on Friday. —Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 21 Nov. 2025

What did agencies offer that a homegrown health system didn’t? —Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2025

Kudrna could be the next homegrown Royals pitcher to debut. —Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 18 Nov. 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