"home-grown" meaning in English

See home-grown in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more home-grown [comparative], most home-grown [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} home-grown (comparative more home-grown, superlative most home-grown)
  1. Having been grown in one's home garden, etc., rather than in a larger agricultural production.
    Sense id: en-home-grown-en-adj-EZSWKoOQ
  2. Having been produced locally.
    Sense id: en-home-grown-en-adj-bETL3lOj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: homegrown
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