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tropicana, n. pl.|trɒpɪˈkɑːnə| [f. tropic n. and a.1 + ana suffix.] Things associated with or characteristic of tropical regions; objects from the tropics.
1960Spectator 1 July 12/2 Cockfighting is part of the exotic tropicana Haiti offers to American tourists. 1969‘G. Black’ Cold Jungle xii. 165 An astonishing display of tropicana, palms, bamboo, a couple of flame trees. 1976Listener 29 Jan. 121/3 ‘That slice of the mind which is pure tropicana’—a mixture of Kipling and Maugham. |