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Rhymes with -ɒpɪkəl, -ɑpɪkəl, -əʊpɪkəl

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English tropic

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English tropical

From tropic + -al.

Of or pertaining to the tropics, the equatorial region between 23 degrees north and 23 degrees south.
From, or similar to, a hot, humid climate. We've had a lot of tropical nights this summer.
dated Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a trope or tropes; figurative, metaphorical. But we, by the real spiritual presence of Christ, do understand Christ to be present, as the Spirit of God is present in the hearts of the faithful, by blessing and grace; and this is all which we mean besides the tropical and figurative presence.
Pertaining to tropical geometry.

A tropical plant. The potato, as a mountain tropical plant, is capable of growing in cooler weather than any other tropical except the Nasturtian.