tropical

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From tropic +‎ -al

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[edit] Adjective

tropical (comparative more tropical, superlative most tropical)

Positive
tropical

Comparative
more tropical

Superlative
most tropical

  1. Of or pertaining to the tropics, the equatorial region between 23 degrees north and 23 degrees south.
  2. From or similar to a hot humid climate, e.g. tropical fruit, tropical weather.
  3. (rhetoric) Rhetorically changed from its exact original sense; being of the nature of a trope; figurative; metaphorical.

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[edit] Noun

Singular
tropical

Plural
tropicals

tropical (plural tropicals)

  1. A tropical plant.

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[edit] Galician

[edit] Adjective

tropical m. and f. (plural tropicais)

  1. tropical

[edit] Spanish

[edit] Adjective

tropical m. and f. (plural tropicales)

  1. tropical