What does the word tropical mean?
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Confined to or occurring especially in the tropics. T. abscess, abscess of the liver due to dysentery. T. aphthae, psilosis. T. phagedena, a form of acute infectious phagedenic ulceration occurring in the tropics, especially in damp malarial regions. Marked by repeated attacks and may be followed by a persistent atonic ulcer. Probably due to a microbe.
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Usage examples for tropical
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While Manila burned in the tropical sun, Baguio, thousands of feet higher, had cool, fall- like weather. – The Golden Skull by John Blaine
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She could hardly see him now, so fast had the tropical night descended, but she heard his step, returning. – A Man and His Money by Frederic Stewart Isham
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Bearing in mind the exceptions above noted, let us now observe the vast tropical and semi- tropical bulk of Latin America. – The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy by Theodore Lothrop Stoddard
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They sent him to a ship that had been running between north and south ports on our own coast, shifting in winter- time to tropical waters. – The U-boat hunters by James B. Connolly
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Did you suppose I was going to send any of my possessions back to my tropical relatives in South America? – The Pretty Lady by Arnold E. Bennett
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