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tropical definition

tropi·cal (träp′i kəl)

adjective

  1. of, in, characteristic of, or suitable for the tropics
  2. very hot; sultry

  3. Etymology: L tropicus < Gr tropikos

    Rare of, or having the nature of, a trope; figurative

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