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Tropical

//ˈtɹɒp.ɪ.kəl// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the tropics, the equatorial region between 23 degrees north and 23 degrees south.
  2. 2
    From, or similar to, a hot, humid climate.

    "We've had a lot of tropical nights this summer."

  3. 3
    Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a trope or tropes; figurative, metaphorical. dated

    "But we, by the real spiritual presence of Christ, do understand Christ to be present, as the Spirit of God is present in the hearts of the faithful, by blessing and grace; and this is all which we mean besides the tropical and figurative presence."

  4. 4
    Pertaining to tropical geometry.
Adjective
  1. 1
    of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics wordnet
  2. 2
    characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense wordnet
  3. 3
    relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator) wordnet
  4. 4
    of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A tropical plant.

    "The potato, as a mountain tropical plant, is capable of growing in cooler weather than any other tropical except the Nasturtian."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From tropic + -al.

Etymology 2

From tropic + -al.

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