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tropical tropical definition

tropical


 
  Grep  of  noun  tropical 
  tropical  medicine 
  tropical  pitcher  plant 
  tropical  prawn 
  tropical  rain  forest 
  tropical  sore 
  tropical  sprue 
  tropical  year 
  tropical  zone 
 
  Overview  of  adj  tropical 
 
  The  adj  tropical  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (4)  tropical,  tropic  --  (relating  to  or  situated  in  or  characteristic  of  the  tropics  (the  region  on  either  side  of  the  equator);  "tropical  islands";  "tropical  fruit") 
  2.  tropical  --  ((rhetoric)  characterized  by  or  of  the  nature  of  a  trope  or  tropes;  changed  from  its  literal  sense) 
  3.  tropical,  tropic  --  (of  weather  or  climate;  hot  and  humid  as  in  the  tropics;  "tropical  weather") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  tropical 
 
  3  senses  of  tropical 
 
  Sense  1 
  tropical,  tropic 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  equatorial)  ->  polar 
 
  Sense  2 
  tropical 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  figurative)  ->  literal 
 
  Sense  3 
  tropical,  tropic 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  hot)  ->  cold 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  tropical 
 
  3  senses  of  tropical 
 
  Sense  1 
  tropical,  tropic 
  =>  equatorial  (vs.  polar) 
 
  Sense  2 
  tropical 
  =>  figurative  (vs.  literal),  nonliteral 
 
  Sense  3 
  tropical,  tropic 
  =>  hot  (vs.  cold) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  tropical 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  tropical 
 
  tropical  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  tropical 
  allotropical 
  nontropical 
  pantropical 
  semitropical 
  subtropical 
  tropical 
 
  Overview  of  adj  tropical 
 
  The  adj  tropical  has  3  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (4)  tropical,  tropic  --  (relating  to  or  situated  in  or  characteristic  of  the  tropics  (the  region  on  either  side  of  the  equator);  "tropical  islands";  "tropical  fruit") 
  2.  tropical  --  ((rhetoric)  characterized  by  or  of  the  nature  of  a  trope  or  tropes;  changed  from  its  literal  sense) 
  3.  tropical,  tropic  --  (of  weather  or  climate;  hot  and  humid  as  in  the  tropics;  "tropical  weather") 



tropical definition