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View synonyms for home-grown

home-grown

adjective

  1. (esp of fruit and vegetables) produced in one's own country, district, estate, or garden
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The first series was Netflix’s most successful show to date, thrusting South Korea and its home-grown television dramas into the spotlight.

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A feasibility study was commissioned into the project, and since then a business case is being submitted to the UK government asking for the cash to approve the scheme, providing a home-grown supply of the nuclear isotopes needed for the whole of Britain.

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The most likely pathway for these pests to enter the state is by “hitchhiking” in fruits and vegetables brought back illegally by travelers as they return from infested regions of the world, or in packages of home-grown produce from other countries sent to California.

Mr Das says one of the main reasons why Isro’s missions are so cheap is the fact that all its technology is home-grown and machines are manufactured in India.

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The Football Association’s decision to appoint Thomas Tuchel as the new England coach will be regarded by many as a betrayal of the much-touted pathway from the national team's headquarters at St George’s Park to the top and an insult to home-grown managerial talent.

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