tropical

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of or pertaining to the tropics, the equatorial region between 23 degrees north and 23 degrees south.
From, or similar to, a hot, humid climate.
Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a trope or tropes; figurative, metaphorical.
Pertaining to tropical geometry.

noun

A tropical plant.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɹɒp.ɪ.kəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-tropical.wav /ˈtɹɑ.pɪ.kəl/ en-us-tropical.ogg /ˈtɹɔp.ɪ.kəl/ /ˈtɹɒp.ə.kəl/ [ˈtɹɔ̟p.ə.kəl] /ˈtɹəʊ.pɪ.kəl/ /ˈtɹoʊ.pɪ.kəl/

Word forms

tropical more tropical most tropical trop. tropicals

Etymology

From tropic + -al.

Derived words

Afrotropical amphitropical antitropical boreotropical circumtropical extratropical ex-tropical cyclone intertropical intratropical isotropical juxtatropical neotropical non-tropical non-tropical sprue palaeotropical paleotropical pantropical paratropical post-tropical semitropical sub-tropical subtropical supertropical tropical almond tropical arc tropical astrology tropical cyclone tropical depression tropical dial tropical disease tropical disturbance tropical fish tropical fruit tropical house tropicalist tropicality tropicalization tropicalize tropically tropical milkweed tropical month tropicalness tropical rainforest tropical reed tropical rock tropical splenomegaly syndrome tropical sprue tropical storm tropical sweet potato tropical theileriosis tropical ulcer tropical warehouse moth tropical wave tropical yam tropical year troppo ultratropical untropical

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