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English adjective: tropical

1. tropical relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator)


SamplesTropical islands.
Tropical fruit.


Synonymstropic


Similarequatorial


Antonymspolar

2. tropical of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic


SamplesTropical year.

3. tropical characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense


Similarfigurative, nonliteral


Domain categoryrhetoric


Antonymsliteral

4. tropical of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics


SamplesTropical weather.


Synonymstropic


Similarhot


Antonymscold









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