tropical
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
noun
1. A tropical plant.