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exotic

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1. exotic - Noun

2. exotic - Adjective

3. exotic - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Introduced from a foreign country; not native; extraneous; foreign; as, an exotic plant; an exotic term or word.

Anything of foreign origin; something not of native growth, as a plant, a word, a custom.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I'm an ocean, because I'm really deep. If you search deep enough you can find rare exotic treasures. Christina Aguilera

I did not want to be a tree, a flower or a wave. In a dancer's body, we as audience must see ourselves, not the imitated behavior of everyday actions, not the phenomenon of nature, not exotic creatures from another planet, but something of the miracle that is a human being. Martha Graham

If you write a lovely story about India, you're criticized for selling an exotic version of India. And if you write critically about India, you're seen as portraying it in a negative light - it also seems to be a popular way to present India, sort of mangoes and beggars. Kiran Desai

I am so used to plunging into the unknown that any other surroundings and form of existence strike me as exotic and unsuitable for human beings. Werner Herzog

Western European societies are unprepared for the massive immigration of brown-skinned peoples cooking strange foods and maintaining different standards of hygiene ... All immigrants bring exotic customs and attitudes, but Muslim customs are more troublesome than most. Daniel Pipes

Even the most distant and exotic place has its parallel in ordinary life. Paul Theroux

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