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Exotic
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
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.