Exotic \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Nothing was so splendid and exotic as the ambassador. --Evelyn.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)