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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 80 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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EXOTIC (Gr. EWTIK6s, foreign, from few, outside)

EXOTIC (Gr. EWTIK6s,
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FOREIGN
foreign, from few, outside) , of

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FOREIGN

foreign origin, or belonging to another

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COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . The

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TERM

term is now used in the restricted sense of something not indigenous or native, and is mostly applied to

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PLANTS

plants introduced from foreign countries, which have not become acclimatized . Figuratively, "

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EXOTIC (Gr. EWTIK6s, foreign, from few, outside)

exotic " is used to convey the sense of something rare, delicate or extravagant .

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