tropical

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. adjective relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator)
  2. adjective of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic
  3. adjective characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense

Etymology

From tropic + -al.

In classic literature

Synonyms

tropic

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