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Unfamiliar or unusual, often because it comes from elsewhere.

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exotic

The traveler collected stories about exotic instruments she had never heard before.
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A judge finds one competitor's spice mixture exotic because its aroma and combination are unfamiliar within the judge's own cooking experience.
From A Simple Dish Surprises the Judges.
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