INDIGEN

native, indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal

(noun) an indigenous person who was born in a particular place; “the art of the natives of the northwest coast”; “the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

indigen (plural indigens)

An indigene or native.

(botany) A plant known to be indigenous to a region, rather than a cultigen. [from 1918]

Antonym: cultigen

Source: Wiktionary



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26 December 2024

CHATTEL

(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)


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Coffee Trivia

Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.

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