- (n.) Rhetorically changed from its exact original sense; being of the nature of a trope; figurative; metaphorical.
- (n.) Of or pertaining to the tropics; characteristic of or incident to, the tropics; being within the tropics; as, tropical climate; tropical latitudes; tropical heat; tropical diseases.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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