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indigenous | genesis |

As an adjective indigenous

is born or engendered in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion.

As a noun genesis is

the origin, start, or point at which something comes into being.

As a proper noun Genesis is

the first sacred book in the Torah and the Hebrew Bible.

indigenous

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (chiefly, of living things) Born or engendered in, native to a land or region, especially before an intrusion.
  • * 1862 , , "Wild Apples: The History of the Apple Tree":
  • Not only the Indian, but many indigenous insects, birds, and quadrupeds, welcomed the apple-tree to these shores.
  • Innate, inborn.
  • * 1852 , , Uncle Tom's Cabin , ch. 18:
  • She was a native and essential cook, as much as Aunt Chloe,—cooking being an indigenous talent of the African race.
  • * 1883 , , "Stephen Archer" in Stephen Archer and Other Tales :
  • He had all the tricks of a newspaper boy indigenous in him.

    Synonyms

    * (born or engendered in) aboriginal, autochthonous, native

    Derived terms

    * indigenity * indigenously * indigenousness * nonindigenous

    genesis

    English

    Noun

    (geneses)
  • The origin, start, or point at which something comes into being.
  • Some point to the creation of Magna Carta as the genesis of English common law.

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