| a. | 1. | Of or pertaining to the tropics; characteristic of, or incident to, the tropics; being within the tropics; | ||||||
| 2. | Rhetorically changed from its exact original sense; being of the nature of a trope; figurative; metaphorical. The foundation of all parables is some analogy or similitude between the tropical or allusive part of the parable and the thing intended by it.
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| Adj. | 1. | tropical - relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator); "tropical islands"; "tropical fruit" Synonyms: tropic |
| 2. | tropical - of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic; "tropical year" | |
| 3. | tropical - characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense | |
| 4. | tropical - of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics; "tropical weather" Synonyms: tropic |