Adjective
1. being such by origin;
"the native North American sugar maple""many native artists studied abroad"2. belonging to one by birth;
"my native land""one's native language"3. being or composed of people inhabiting a region from the beginning;
"native Americans""the aboriginal peoples of Australia"4. as found in nature in the elemental form;
"native copper"5. normally existing at birth;
"mankind's connatural sense of the good"