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Meaning of 'tropical' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tropical [ n.]
- Of or pertaining to the tropics; characteristic of, or incident to, the tropics; being within the tropics; as, tropical climate; tropical latitudes; tropical heat; tropical diseases.
- Rhetorically changed from its exact original sense; being of the nature of a trope; figurative; metaphorical.

Meaning of 'tropical' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . tropical [ a]
Meaning (1):
- of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic
Example in sentence:
  • tropical year
2 . tropical [ s]
Meaning (2):
- relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator)
Example in sentence:
  • tropical fruit;
  • tropical islands
Meaning (3):
- of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics
Example in sentence:
  • tropical weather

Nearby Words:

troad troat trocar trochaic trochaical trochal trochanter trochanteric trochantine trochar

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