From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
native
adj 1: characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic
origin; "the native North American sugar maple"; "many
native artists studied abroad" [ant: foreign,
strange]
2: belonging to one by birth; "my native land"; "one's native
language" [ant: adopted, adoptive]
3: characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region
from the beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal
peoples of Australia" [syn: native, aboriginal] [ant:
nonnative]
4: as found in nature in the elemental form; "native copper"
n 1: 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" [syn: native, indigen,
indigene, aborigine, aboriginal]
2: a person born in a particular place or country; "he is a
native of Brazil"
3: indigenous plants and animals