mindmap root((本地)) native implies birth or origin in a place or region and may suggest compatibility with it: a ~ New Yorker. indigenous applies to species or races and adds to native the implication of not having been introduced from elsewhere: maize is ~ to America. endemic implies being indigenous and peculiar to or restricted in a region: edelweiss is ~ in the Alps. aboriginal implies having no known race preceding in occupancy of the region: the ~ people of Australia.