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Definition of tropic
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of tropic is as below...
Tropic
(n.) One of the two small
circles
of the
celestial
sphere,
situated
on each side of the
equator,
at a
distance
of 23? 28/, and
parallel
to it, which the sun just
reaches
at its
greatest
declination
north or
south,
and from which it turns again
toward
the
equator,
the
northern
circle
being
called
the
Tropic
of
Cancer,
and the
southern
the
Tropic
of
Capricorn,
from the names of the two signs at which they touch the
ecliptic..
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Pineapple
::
Pineapple
(n.) A
tropical
plant
(Ananassa
sativa);
also, its
fruit;
-- so
called
from the
resemblance
of the
latter,
in shape and
external
appearance,
to the cone of the pine tree. Its
origin
is
unknown,
though
conjectured
to be
American..
Bissextile
::
Bissextile
(n.) Leap year; every
fourth
year, in which a day is added to the month of
February
on
account
of the
excess
of the
tropical
year (365 d. 5 h. 48 m. 46 s.) above 365 days. But one day added every four years is
equivalent
to six hours each year, which is 11 m. 14 s. more than the
excess
of the real year.
Hence,
it is
necessary
to
suppress
the
bissextile
day at the end of every
century
which is not
divisible
by 400, while it is
retained
at the end of those which are
divisible
by 400..
Papaw
::
Papaw (n.) A tree
(Carica
Papaya)
of
tropical
America,
belonging
to the order
Passifloreae.
It has a soft,
spongy
stem,
eighteen
or
twenty
feet high,
crowned
with a tuft of
large,
long-stalked,
palmately
lobed
leaves.
The milky juice of the plant is said to have the
property
of
making
meat
tender.
Also, its dull
orange-colored,
melon-shaped
fruit,
which is eaten both raw and
cooked
or
pickled..
Canna
::
Canna (n.) A genus of
tropical
plants,
with large
leaves
and often with showy
flowers.
The
Indian
shot (C.
Indica)
is found in
gardens
of the
northern
United
States..
Muscovy Duck
::
Muscovy
duck () A duck
(Cairina
moschata),
larger
than the
common
duck, often
raised
in
poultry
yards.
Called
also musk duck. It is
native
of
tropical
America,
from
Mexico
to
Southern
Brazil..
Sweetwood
::
Sweetweed
(n.) A name for two
tropical
American
weeds
(Capraria
biflora,
and
Scoparia
dulcis)
of the
Figwort
family..
Capricorn
::
Capricorn
(n.) The tenth sign of
zodiac,
into which the sun
enters
at the
winter
solstice,
about
December
21. See
Tropic..
Quit
::
Quit (n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of small
passerine
birds
native
of
tropical
America.
See
Banana
quit, under
Banana,
and
Guitguit..
Taro
::
Taro (n.) A name for
several
aroid
plants
(Colocasia
antiquorum,
var.
esculenta,
Colocasia
macrorhiza,
etc.),
and their
rootstocks.
They have large
ovate-sagittate
leaves
and large
fleshy
rootstocks,
which are
cooked
and used for food in
tropical
countries..
Snapper
::
Snapper
(n.) Any one of
several
species
of large
sparoid
food
fishes
of the genus
Lutjanus,
abundant
on the
southern
coasts
of the
United
States
and on both
coasts
of
tropical
America..
Tephrosia
::
Tephrosia
(n.) A genus of
leguminous
shrubby
plants
and
herbs,
mostly
found in
tropical
countries,
a few
herbaceous
species
being North
American.
The
foliage
is often
ashy-pubescent,
whence
the
name..
Amphiscians
::
Amphiscians
(n. pl.) The
inhabitants
of the
tropic,
whose
shadows
in one part of the year are cast to the
north,
and in the other to the
south,
according
as the sun is south or north of their
zenith..
Anisotropous
::
Anisotropous
(a.)
Anisotropic.
Staving
::
Stavewood
(n.) A tall tree
(Simaruba
amara)
growing
in
tropical
America.
It is one of the trees which
yields
quassia.
Talipot
::
Talipot
(n.) A
beautiful
tropical
palm tree
(Corypha
umbraculifera),
a
native
of
Ceylon
and the
Malabar
coast.
It has a trunk sixty or
seventy
feet high,
bearing
a crown of
gigantic
fan-shaped
leaves
which are used as
umbrellas
and as fans in
ceremonial
processions,
and, when cut into
strips,
as a
substitute
for
writing
paper..
Negro
::
Negro (n.) A black man;
especially,
one of a race of black or very dark
persons
who
inhabit
the
greater
part of
tropical
Africa,
and are
distinguished
by
crisped
or curly hair, flat
noses,
and thick
protruding
lips; also, any black
person
of
unmixed
African
blood,
wherever
found..
Tubipora
::
Tubipora
(n.) A genus of
halcyonoids
in which the
skeleton,
or coral
(called
organ-pipe
coral),
consists
of a mass of
parallel
cylindrical
tubes
united
at
intervals
by
transverse
plates.
These
corals
are
usually
red or
purple
and form large
masses.
They are
natives
of the
tropical
parts of the
Indian
and
Pacific
Oceans..
Kusimanse
::
Kusimanse
(n.) A
carnivorous
animal
(Crossarchus
obscurus)
of
tropical
Africa.
It its
allied
to the
civets.
Called
also
kusimansel,
and
mangue..
Coati
::
Coati (n.) A
mammal
of
tropical
America
of the genus
Nasua,
allied
to the
raccoon,
but with a
longer
body, tail, and
nose..
Melastoma
::
Melastoma
(n.) A genus of
evergreen
tropical
shrubs;
-- so
called
from the black
berries
of some
species,
which stain the
mouth..
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