tropical

(noun, adjective)

adjective

1. relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator)

- tropical islands

- tropical fruit

Similar word(s): equatorial, tropic

2. of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic

- tropical year

3. characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense

Similar word(s): figurative, nonliteral

4. of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics

- tropical weather

Similar word(s): hot, tropic

noun

1. A tropical plant.