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trop·i·cal  (trp-kl)

adj.

1. Of, occurring in, or characteristic of the Tropics.

2. Hot and humid; torrid.

n.

A tropical plant.

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tropi·cal·ly adv.

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tropical [ˈtrɒpɪk^əl]

adj

1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) situated in, used in, characteristic of, or relating to the tropics

2. (of weather) very hot, esp when humid

3. (Literature / Rhetoric) Rhetoric of or relating to a trope

tropicality  n

tropically  adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	tropical - relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator); "tropical islands"; "tropical fruit" tropic equatorial - of or existing at or near the geographic equator; "equatorial Africa"
	2.	tropical - of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic; "tropical year"
	3.	tropical - characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense rhetoric - study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking) figurative, nonliteral - (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech; "figurative language"
	4.	tropical - of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics; "tropical weather" tropic hot - used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead"

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tropical

adjective hot, stifling, lush, steamy, humid, torrid, sultry, sweltering He was unused to the tropical climate.
cold, cool, freezing, frozen, arctic, chilly, frosty, parky (Brit. informal)

Translations

tropical [ˈtrɒpɪkəl] ADJ [fruit, climate, disease] → tropical

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tropical [ˈtrɒpɪk^əl] adj [forest, fish, birds, plants, island, diseases] → tropical(e)
the weather was tropical → il faisait une chaleur tropicale

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tropical

adj → tropisch, Tropen-; tropical diseases → Tropenkrankheiten pl; the heat was tropical → es herrschte tropische Hitze

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tropical [ˈtrɒpɪk/əl] adj → tropicale
tropical rain forest → foresta pluviale equatoriale

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tropical → استوائي tropický tropisk tropisch τροπικός tropical trooppinen tropical tropski tropicale 熱帯の 열대성의 tropisch tropisk tropikalny tropical тропический tropisk เกี่ยวกับเขตร้อน tropik nhiệt đới 热带的