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.
   
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         Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador.
                                                  --Evelyn.
   
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Exotic \Ex*ot"ic\, n.
   Anything of foreign origin; something not of native growth,
   as a plant, a word, a custom.
   
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         Plants that are unknown to Italy, and such as the
         gardeners call exotics.                  --Addison.
   
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