Category:Exotic

Ex*ot"ic, a. Etym: [L. exoticus, Gr. exotique. See Exoteric.]

Defn: 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.

exotic Ex*ot"ic, n.

Defn: 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.