tropicaladjective
uk/ˈtrɒp.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈtrɑː.pɪ.kəl/B2 geography, environment from or relating to the area between the two tropics:
tropical fish
a tropical island/region/climate
Leprosy is one of the few tropical diseases which could soon be eradicated.
She specializes in tropical medicine (= the treatment of diseases from the tropical areas of the world).
The Amazon river basin contains the world's largest tropical rainforest.
The hurricane was downgraded to a tropical storm when its speed dropped to 70mph.
See also
subtropical
informal geography, environment extremely hot:
The weather was positively tropical last summer.
More examples
- Deforestation is destroying large areas of tropical rain forest.
- I dream of living on a tropical island.
- In cool climates you have to grow tropical plants under glass.
- The tropical butterfly's wings were shimmering with all the colours of the rainbow.
- The tropical sun beat down on them mercilessly.
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Countries, nationalities & continents: continents & regions of the world
- Antarctic
- Antarctica
- Arab
- Asian
- Atlantic
- Australasia
- Balkan
- basque
- equator
- European
- Latin
- roaring forties
- South America
- the Arctic Circle
- the Balkans
- the land of the midnight sun idiom
- the Middle East
- the Pacific Rim
- the West Indies
- Western Saharan
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