tropical

adj.

1. Of, occurring in, or characteristic of the Tropics.
2. Hot and humid; torrid.

n.

A tropical plant.

tropically trop'i·cal·ly adv.

adjective

Of or relating to the Tropics: tropic. See hot/cold/lukewarm.

adj

Definition: warm and humid
Antonyms: arctic, freezing, frigid, polar

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[Etymology: deriving from a word meaning ‘turning’, referring in astronomy to the apparent turning of the Sun from its northerly passage to its southerly, and vice versa, and more generally to the Sun] As applied to year, the period of the repetition of the seasons.

Pertaining to the tropics, the regions of the earth lying between the tropic of Cancer above the equator and the tropic of Capricorn below.

• t. anhidrotic asthenia — a condition due to generalized absence of sweating in conditions of high temperature. See also anhidrosis.
• t. bont tick — amblyomma variegatum.
• t. canine pancytopenia (TCP) — see canine ehrlichiosis.
• t. cattle tick — boophilus microplus.
• t. Dairy Criollo cattle — Central American dairy cattle, light dun to deep red, often with black points and spectacles.
• t. fish — includes 400 species suitable for home aquariums. The common ones are goldfish, mollies, guppy, angelfish (pterophyllum), swordtail and sea horse.
• t. fowl mite — ornithonyssus bursa.
• t. horse tick — dermacentor nitens.
• t. rat mite — ornithonyssus bacoti.
• t. theileriosis — Mediterranean coast fever.

IN BRIEF: Of or relating to the region on either side of the equator.

Somehow, I never could figure how failing to read three chapters in my geography book about the various sorts of vegetation to be found in a tropical rain forest had anything to do with facing a life as a mill hand. — Lewis Grizzard (1946-1994)

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tropisk, trope-
n. - tropisk plante

idioms:

• tropical storm    tropisk storm

Nederlands (Dutch)
tropisch

Français (French)
adj. - tropical
n. - orage tropical

idioms:

• tropical storm    orage tropical

Deutsch (German)
adj. - tropisch, Tropen...
n. - Tropikal

idioms:

• tropical storm    Zyklon

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (γεωγρ.) τροπικός, των τροπικών

idioms:

• tropical storm    τροπική καταιγίδα

Italiano (Italian)
tropicale

idioms:

• tropical storm    tempesta tropicale

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - tropical, ardente, apaixonado (m)

idioms:

• tropical storm    tempestade tropical

Русский (Russian)
тропический

idioms:

• tropical storm    тропический шторм

Español (Spanish)
adj. - tropical
n. - tropical

idioms:

• tropical storm    tormenta tropical

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - tropisk, tropik-

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
热带的, 酷热的, 炎热潮湿的, 位于热带的, 热情的, 薄型织物, 热带鱼, 男子夏装

idioms:

• tropical storm    热带风暴

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 熱帶的, 酷熱的, 炎熱潮濕的, 位於熱帶的, 熱情的
n. - 薄型織物, 熱帶魚, 男子夏裝

idioms:

• tropical storm    熱帶風暴

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 열대의, 열렬한
n. - 열대어

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 熱帯の, 酷暑の

idioms:

• tropical storm    トロピカルストーム

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مداري, استوائي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לוהט ושופע (איזור גיאוגרפי), טרופי, של שימוש ציורי או אירוני במילה‬
n. - ‮ברבים: בגדים קלים המתאימים לקיץ ולחום‬

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Tropical Linens	Tropical Flower
Tropical Quilt	tropical dermatology