native, indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal -- (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")
native -- (a person born in a particular place or country; "he is a native of Brazil")
native -- (indigenous plants and animals)
Overview of adj native
The adj native has 4 senses
native -- (characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin; "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad")
native -- (belonging to one by birth; "my native land"; "one's native language")
native, aboriginal -- (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of Australia")
native -- (as found in nature in the elemental form; "native copper")