26984 words

tropical

3 definitions • 9 examples
1
from or relating to the area between the two tropics:

Examples:

tropical fish
a tropical island/region/climate
Leprosy is one of the few tropical diseases which could soon be eradicated.
She specializes in tropical medicine (= the treatment of diseases from the tropical areas of the world).
The Amazon river basin contains the world's largest tropical rainforest.
The hurricane was downgraded to a tropical storm when its speed dropped to 70mph.
2

Examples:

The weather was positively tropical last summer.
3
of or characteristic of the tropics (= the hottest area of the earth):

Examples:

a tropical climate
a tropical storm

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