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tropical (adj.)
[tropical 词源字典]
1520s, "pertaining to the celestial tropics," from
tropic
+
-al
(1). In reference to the torrid zones of the earth, from 1690s. Meaning "hot and lush like the climate of the tropics" is first attested 1834.
[tropical etymology, tropical origin, 英语词源]