tropical meaning and definition

TROPICAL adjective

Definition of 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"
   • synonyms: 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
4. of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics
   • "tropical weather"
   • synonyms: tropic