- coming from, found in or typical of the tropics
- tropical fish/birds/fruit
- Tropical storms battered the Gulf Coast all week.
- a lush tropical forest
- Malaysia's climate is tropical.
- tropical Africa
- a tropical island
- an area afflicted by malaria and other tropical diseases
Oxford Collocations DictionaryTropical is used with these nouns:- beach
- bird
- climate
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