Adjective: exotic ig'zó-tik or eg'zó-tik
- Being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world
"exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine";
- alien
- Strikingly strange or unusual
"the exotic landscape of a dead planet"; "an exotic hair style"; "protons, neutrons, electrons and all their exotic variants"
- Something or someone unusual, striking or foreign, esp. a plant or animal
"The botanical garden featured many exotic plants from tropical regions"
Derived forms: exotics
See also: foreign, oddball, strange, unusual
Encyclopedia: Exotic