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tropical

[ trop-i-kuhl troh-pi-kuhl ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to, characteristic of, occurring in, or inhabiting the tropics, especially the humid tropics:

    tropical flowers.

  2. very hot and humid:

    a tropical climate.

  3. designed for use in the tropics or in very hot weather (often used in combination):

    tropical-weight woolens.

  4. of or relating to either or both of the astronomical tropics.
  5. pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of a trope or tropes; metaphorical.


noun

  1. tropicals, lightweight clothing, suitable for warm, especially summer weather.

tropical

/ ˈٰɒɪə /

adjective

  1. situated in, used in, characteristic of, or relating to the tropics
  2. (of weather) very hot, esp when humid
  3. rhetoric of or relating to a trope
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٰDZ辱, adverb
  • ˌٰDZ辱ˈٲ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ٰDZi·i·ٲ noun
  • ٰDZi·· adverb
  • p·ٰDZi· adjective
  • ԴDz·ٰDZi· adjective
  • non·ٰDZi·· adverb
  • ܲ·ٰDZi· adjective
  • un·ٰDZi·· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tropical1

First recorded in 1520–30; tropic + -al 1
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Example Sentences

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And on Norfolk Island — a remote rock in the Pacific Ocean with about 2,000 residents and essentially no exports to the U.S. — a children’s book author memed a baffled-looking tropical wrasse fish.

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Amateur wildlife photographers have been flocking to a north Belfast park to spot a tropical new arrival.

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Also known as Celtic rainforest, the habitat harbours scarce plants, lichens and fungi, and is considered more threatened than tropical rainforest.

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And so much more illness is on the rise, from Victorian-era diseases like tuberculosis to novel tropical diseases like “sloth fever.”

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The three Ratliff siblings have scattered to Los Angeles and New York, far from the tropical maladies of Thailand and the third season of “The White Lotus.”

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