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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | tropicus 'of the point where the sun turns back having gone its furthest north and south', from Greek, from trope; TROPHY |
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1 [countable]HEOPG one of the two imaginary lines around the world, either the Tropic of Cancer which is 23½º north of the equator, or the Tropic of Capricorn which is 23½° south of the equator
2 the hottest part of the world, which is around the equator : 
plant species found in the tropics
the tropics
PGplant species found in the tropics
