tropic

adj 1: relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics

(the region on either side of the equator); "tropical

islands"; "tropical fruit" [syn: {tropical}]

2: of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics;

"tropical weather" [syn: {tropical}]

n : either of two parallels of latitude about 23.5 degrees north

and south of the equator representing the points farthest

north and south at which the sun can shine directly

overhead and constituting the boundaries of the torrid

zone or tropics