1. Noun
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.
2. Noun
Rhetorically changed from its exact original sense; being of the nature of a trope; figurative; metaphorical.
3. Adjective
of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics; "tropical weather"
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
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