Ex*ot"ic (?), a. [L. exoticus, Gr. fr. 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.
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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.
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