<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native (often followed by to): the plants indigenous to Canada.</li><li>Synonyms: natural, aboriginal, autochthonous.</li><li>Antonyms: exotic, foreign.</li><li>Indigenous.</li><li>relating to or being a people who are the original, earliest known inhabitants of a region, or are their descendants: the Indigenous languages of the Americas.</li><li>the Indigenous Maori of New Zealand; the Indigenous languages of the Americas.</li><li>innate; inherent; natural (usually followed by to): feelings indigenous to human beings.</li></ul>