Ex"o*dy (?), n. Exodus; withdrawal. [Obs.]

The time of the Jewish exody.

Sir M. Hale.

Ex`-of*fi"cial (?), a. Proceeding from office or authority.

||Ex` of*fi"ci*o (?); pl. Ex officiis (#). [L.] From office; by virtue, or as a consequence, of an office; officially.

Ex*og"a*mous (?), a. [Exo- + Gr. &?; marriage.] Relating to exogamy; marrying outside of the limits of one's own tribe; -- opposed to endogenous.

Ex*og"a*my (?), n. The custom, or tribal law, which prohibits marriage between members of the same tribe; marriage outside of the tribe; -- opposed to endogamy. Lubbock.

Ex"o*gen (?), n. [Exo- + - gen: cf. F. exogène.] (Bot.) A plant belonging to one of the greater part of the vegetable kingdom, and which the plants are characterized by having c wood bark, and pith, the wood forming a layer between the other two, and increasing, if at all, by the animal addition of a new layer to the outside next to the bark. The leaves are commonly netted-veined, and the number of cotyledons is two, or, very rarely, several in a whorl. Cf. Endogen. Gray.

Ex`o*ge*net"ic (?), a. (Biol.) Arising or growing from without; exogenous.

Ex*og"e*nous (?), a. 1. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or having the character of, an exogen; -- the opposite of endogenous.

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