Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

indigen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-di-gen
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An indigene or native.

noun

A plant known to be indigenous to a region, rather than a cultigen.

Etymology

Variant of indigene. In a botanical sense first used by Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1918.

Inflected Forms

indigens (plural)

Synonyms

native indigene aborigine aboriginal

Antonyms

cultigen

Questions

What does indigen mean?: An indigene or native.
Where does indigen come from?: Variant of indigene. In a botanical sense first used by Liberty Hyde Bailey in 1918.

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