tropical
Of or pertaining to the tropics, the equatorial region between 23 degrees north and 23 degrees south.
Adjective 4 meanings
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.
“We've had a lot of tropical nights this summer.”
Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a trope or tropes; figurative, metaphorical.
Pertaining to tropical geometry.
Noun 1 meaning
A tropical plant.
Etymology
From tropic + -al.
TROPICAL at a glance
TROPICAL has 8 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (T 1 + R 1 + O 1 + P 3 + I 1 + C 3 + A 1 + L 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,280 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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