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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
old-world

▶adjective belonging to or associated with past times; quaint.

'old-world' also found in these Oxford entries:

acanthus - arabica - broadbill - catarrhine - fruit bat - griffon - lammergeier - mannikin - monkey - neem - nepenthes - okra - Old World - olive - pitcher plant - pitta - porcupine - rupturewort - sesame - sorghum - sparrowhawk - sunbird - vulture - warbler

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