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tropical

trop.i.cal \'tra:p-i-k*l\ \'tro--pi-k*l, 'tra:p-i-\ \-k(*-)le-\ aj [L 
   tropicus, fr. Gk tropikos, fr. tropos trope] 1a: of, located in, or used in 
   the tropics  of a sign of the zodiac  1b: beginning at one of the tropics  
   2: FIGURATIVE, METAPHORICAL  - trop.i.cal.ly av