home-grown

adj 2

Collocations

ADJ.

beautiful, better, growing

VERB + HOME-GROWN

cultivate, sell

HOME-GROWN + NOUN

food, fruit, talent, tomatoes, variety, veg, vegetables

PREP.

Definitions

adj

Having been grown in one's home garden, etc., rather than in a larger agricultural production.

Our neighbours brought us some beautiful home-grown tomatoes.

Having been produced locally.

We not only have to cultivate our home-grown talent better, but we also need to stimulate the flow of talent into our country.

Beyond the mere existence of a dictionary, what is required is the acceptance of the notion of a home-grown standardised variety in the language community itself.

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Our neighbours brought us some beautiful home-grown tomatoes.

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We not only have to cultivate our home-grown talent better, but we also need to stimulate the flow of talent into our country.

Wiktionary

Beyond the mere existence of a dictionary, what is required is the acceptance of the notion of a home-grown standardised variety in the language community itself.

Wiktionary

Home-grown vegetables taste better than store-bought.

Tatoeba · #8977642

Do they sell home-grown food there?

Tatoeba · #9530306

Do you sell home-grown food here?

Tatoeba · #9530307

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