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Overview of adj exotic

      »   The adj exotic has 2 meanings (first 1 from tagged texts)

• alien, exotic -- (Being1.) Being, beingness, existence -- (the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries")
  
  2.) Organism, being -- (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)
  
  being or from or Characteristic1.) Feature, characteristic -- (a prominent aspect of something; "the map showed roads and other features"; "generosity is one of his best characteristics")
  
  2.) Characteristic -- (a distinguishing quality)
  
  characteristic of Another1.) Another, some other -- (any of various alternatives; some other; "put it off to another (or some other) day")
  
  another place or Part1.) Part, portion, component part, component -- (something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach")
  
  2.) Region, part -- (the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space")
  
  part of the World1.) Universe, existence, creation, world, cosmos, macrocosm -- (everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence")
  
  2.) World, reality -- (all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you; "his world was shattered"; "we live in different worlds"; "for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were")
  
  world; "alien customs"; "exotic Plants1.) Plant, works, industrial plant -- (buildings for carrying on industrial labor; "they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles")
  
  2.) Plant, flora, plant life -- (a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)
  
  plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine")

• exotic -- (Strikingly1.) Strikingly -- (in a striking manner; "this was strikingly demonstrated"; "the evidence was strikingly absent")
  
  strikingly strange or Unusual1.) Unusual -- (not usual or common or ordinary; "a scene of unusual beauty"; "a man of unusual ability"; "cruel and unusual punishment"; "an unusual meteorite")
  
  2.) Strange, unusual -- (being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird; "a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humor she has")
  
  unusual; "an exotic Hair1.) Hair -- (a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss; "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells")
  
  2.) Hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, hair, whisker -- (a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker")
  
  hair style"; "Protons1.) Proton -- (a stable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron)
  
  protons, neutrons, Electrons1.) Electron, negatron -- (an elementary particle with negative charge)
  
  electrons and all their exotic variants"; "the exotic Landscape1.) Landscape -- (an expanse of scenery that can be seen in a single view)
  
  2.) Landscape -- (painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery)
  
  landscape of a Dead1.) Dead -- (people who are no longer living; "they buried the dead")
  
  2.) Dead -- (a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense; "the dead of winter")
  
  dead planet")