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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Exotic \Ex*ot"ic\, n. Anything of foreign origin; something not of native growth, as a plant, a word a custom. Plants that are unknown to Italy, and such as the gardeners call exotics. --Addison. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Exotic \Ex*ot"ic\, a. [L. exoticus Gr ? fr 'e`xw outside: cf F. exotique See {Exoteric}.] Introduced from a foreign country; not native; extraneous; foreign; as an exotic plant; an exotic term or word Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador. --Evelyn. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: exotic adj 1: being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "moved to a strange country" [syn: {alien}, {strange}] 2: strikingly strange or unusual; "exotic costumes from the Far East"; "an exotic hair style"
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