tropical

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator)

   tropical islands

2. 2
   adj

   of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic

   tropical year

3. 3
   adj

   From, or similar to, a hot, humid climate.

   We've had a lot of tropical nights this summer.

4. 4
   adj

   Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a trope or tropes; figurative, metaphorical.

   But we, by the real spiritual presence of Christ, do understand Christ to be present, as the Spirit of God is present in the hearts of the faithful, by blessing and grace; and this is all which we mean besides the tropical and figurative presence.

5. 5
   noun

   A tropical plant.

   The potato, as a mountain tropical plant, is capable of growing in cooler weather than any other tropical except the Nasturtian.

6. 6
   adj

   of weather or climate

7. 7
   adj

   characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes

8. 8
   adj

   Of or pertaining to the tropics, the equatorial region between 23 degrees north and 23 degrees south.

Etymology

From tropic + -al.