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trop·i·cal
 tropical
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- pronunciation:
- tra
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adjective |
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Something that is "tropical" has a connection with a region of the world that is usually warm during the whole year. When you look at a map of the world, the tropical region is all across the middle of the map between north and south. When we talk about tropical climate, we are talking about the type of climate that this region has. When we talk about a tropical storm, we mean a storm that begins in the tropical region. Tropical fish and tropical plants are those that can be found in this region.
Tropical areas of the world may get a little rain almost every day, or they may have no rain for some months and then get a lot of rain for a whole month or more.Most of the country of Brazil has a tropical climate. The Amazon River flows through the north of Brazil and is surrounded by rainforest.The tropical region of the world is often called "the tropics."- antonyms:
- arctic
- similar words:
- southern, sweltering, torrid
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| derivations: |
tropically (adv.), tropicality (n.) |
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