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Definition of Exotics
1. exotic [n] - See also: exotic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exotics
Literary usage of Exotics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... which he filled with rare exotics, to supply the needle with new forms and
richer tints. The crown manufacturers adorned the rich brocades of Tours, ..."
2. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1887)
"duced several valuable exotics, including the tamarisk, the water-chestnut and
the tallow-tree. The revenue from this source has largely increased during ..."
3. Seeding and Planting: A Manual for the Guidance of Forestry Students by James William Toumey (1916)
"THE USE OF exotics AND SPECIES FROM REMOTE REGIONS In artificial reproduction,
exotics and species from widely different regions are not infrequently ..."
4. Egypt by James Carlile McCoan, Wilfred C. Lay (1902)
"... less numerous than Animals—Palms—Sycamores—Acacias—
Tamarisks—Poplars—Cypresses—Mulberries—Olives—exotics very numerous—Their Varieties
THE importance ..."
5. Paris of To-day by Richard Kaufmann (1891)
"exotics at the Exposition. greatest peculiarity of the Exposition was the number
of exotics which were gathered within its precincts. ..."
6. A New History of the Conquest of Mexico: In which Las Casas' Denunciations by Wilson, Robert Anderson, 1812- (1859)
"... 514—Traditional knowledge of American colonies, 515—Extinction of an exotic
race, 516—Decay of modern exotics, 517—Our disappointment with others, ..."
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