native

noun

• a person born in a specified place or associated with a place by birth, whether subsequently resident there or not:a native of Montreal
• a local inhabitant:New York in the summer was too hot even for the natives
• dated, often offensive a non-white original inhabitant of a country, as regarded by European colonists or travellers: he led an expedition to New Guinea and was wounded by a native’s spear
• an animal or plant indigenous to a place:the marigold is a native of southern Europe
• British an oyster reared in British waters.

adjective

• 1associated with the place or circumstances of a person’s birth:he’s a native New Yorker her native country
• of the indigenous inhabitants of a place:a ceremonial native dance from Fiji

• 2(of a plant or animal) of indigenous origin or growth:eagle owls aren’t native to Britain Scotland’s few remaining native pinewoods
• Australian/NZ used in names of animals or plants resembling others familiar elsewhere, e.g. native bee.

• 3(of a quality) belonging to a person’s character from birth; innate:some last vestige of native wit prompted Guy to say nothing

• 4(of a metal or other mineral) found in a pure or uncombined state.

• 5 Computing designed for or built into a given system, especially denoting the language associated with a given processor, computer, or compiler, and programs written in it.