tropical
IPA: trˈɑpɪkʌɫ
noun
- A tropical plant.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the tropics, the equatorial region between 23 degrees north and 23 degrees south.
- From, or similar to, a hot, humid climate.
- (dated) Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a trope or tropes; figurative, metaphorical.
- (mathematics) Pertaining to tropical geometry.
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Examples of "tropical" in Sentences
- Birds perch on a fence in tropical Punta Raza, Mexico to dry their wings.
- There's also a grit to it, and a special type of decay that only happens in tropical climates.
- He disregarded the fact that many of his troops had been weakened - and hundreds had died - of yellow fever in tropical Veracruz.
- Because these were what we call tropical Holsteins, we tried to find and breed the species that could best resist heat and tropical conditions.
- In the Indian Ocean, the Navy uses the term tropical cyclones to describe all large circular weather systems built around an area of low pressure.
- By international agreement, the term tropical cyclone is used by most nations to describe hurricane-like storms that originated over tropical oceans.
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