What is "imported"

Usage examples of "imported".

From Australia he imported plants that were supposed to be Cayennes, but they did not produce the smooth-skinned fruits he had known, in South America.

She threw her head back and drained her glass of imported wine in one gulp.

Tip, Huf, and the other 'Dinis - all too well aware of her dislike - took over the hospitality duties, bringing forward 'Dini seating while Vanteer and Lionasha served the fruity juices which Laria imported from Terra, knowing how much 'Dinis liked them.

The Persian sage was the person who imported from India the game of chess and the fables of Pilpay.

White gives some hope that they may be imported and translated by his friend Major Davy, who had read in the East this "minute and faithful narrative of an interesting and eventful period.

After the Decision came into effect, more Humans had had to be imported to equal Hrrubans, and four more villages' worth of Terran colonists-out of the millions applyinghad come to DoonaiRrala.

Long before the animals were threatened with extinction by a climatic cataclysm, they had imported them to Ireta which they knew would permanently provide the proper environment.

Even if the ingredients were synthesised out of sight in the kitchen, personal service made the customers think the meals were being prepared from imported spices and produce gathered from exotic ports of call all over the galaxy.

The imported trees, saplings when she left, were mature giants now, casting cool shade over the river path.

Henry had insisted on pursuing his avocation of charting horoscopes, had even imported his computer, embarking on a cerebral activity which apparently had no deleterious effects on his rapid recovery but did not strike Wahlman as exactly the sort of occupation suitable to a man recovering from a near-fatal head injury.

So, while the humans ate fruit, the 'dinis cracked nuts and picked the meats out of the shells or nibbled at the unsweetened mealy crackers made of imported 'Dini flour that Damia baked for them.

Even the barrier arc at the shuttleport is fashioned from imported components.

The air on the shuttle would have been imported from the station's ventilation system during the time the shuttle was in dock.

Everyone knew that once the imported supplies were exhausted, all would have to learn to make do with what they had, to replace with their own industry, or to barter with the appropriate crafters.

Since the deck was made of teakwood he had imported as part of his allowable weight as Buenos Aires captain, he was particularly happy to see it protected from Threadscore.