alien definition

1. transfer property or ownership
• examples: The will aliened the property to the heirs
2. not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something
• examples: an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism
• examples: the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper
• examples: jealousy is foreign to her nature
3. being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world
• examples: alien customs
• examples: exotic plants in a greenhouse
• examples: exotic cuisine