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adjectiverelating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator)
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adjectiveof weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics
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nouneither of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees to the north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone or tropics
Definition that contains tropic
- mina tropical Asian starlings
- tuna tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica
- cassie tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery
- cinnamon tropical Asian tree with aromatic yellowish-brown bark; source of the spice cinnamon
- sleeper tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water
- taro tropical starchy tuberous root
- papaya tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit
- emilia tropical African herbs
- firefly tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots
- ebony tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork