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Anti-trade :: Anti-trade (n.) A tropical wind blowing steadily in a direction opposite to the trade wind.

Poinciana :: Poinciana (n.) A prickly tropical shrub (Caesalpinia, formerly Poinciana, pulcherrima), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-red flowers with long crimson filaments..

Ambergris :: Ambergris (n.) A substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in the Indian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbid secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), which is believed to be in all cases its true origin. In color it is white, ash-gray, yellow, or black, and often variegated like marble. The floating masses are sometimes from sixty to two hundred and twenty-five pounds in weight. It is wholly volatilized as a white vapor at 212¡ Fah

Plantain :: Plantain (n.) A treelike perennial herb (Musa paradisiaca) of tropical regions, bearing immense leaves and large clusters of the fruits called plantains. See Musa..

Thermotropic :: Thermotropic (a.) Manifesting thermotropism.

Naseberry :: Naseberry (n.) A tropical fruit. See Sapodilla.

Isotropic :: Isotropic (a.) Having the same properties in all directions; specifically, equally elastic in all directions..

Allotropic :: Allotropic (a.) Alt. of Allotropica.

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..

Intertropical :: Intertropical (a.) Situated between or within the tropics.

Hydrotropic :: Hydrotropic (a.) Turning or bending towards moisture, as roots..

Jacamar :: "Jacamar (n.) Any one of numerous species of tropical American birds of the genus Galbula and allied genera. They are allied to the kingfishers, but climb on tree trunks like nuthatches, and feed upon insects. Their colors are often brilliant..

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..

Oncidium :: Oncidium (n.) A genus of tropical orchidaceous plants, the flower of one species of which (O. Papilio) resembles a butterfly..

Diageotropic :: Diageotropic (a.) Relating to, or exhibiting, diageotropism..

Bougainvillaea :: Bougainvillaea (n.) A genus of plants of the order Nyctoginaceae, from tropical South America, having the flowers surrounded by large bracts..

Nutmeg :: Nutmeg (n.) The kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg tree (Myristica fragrans), a native of the Molucca Islands, but cultivated elsewhere in the tropics..

Supplely :: Supple-jack (n.) A somewhat similar tropical American plant (Paullinia Curassavica); also, a walking stick made from its stem..

Erythrina :: Erythrina (n.) A genus of leguminous plants growing in the tropics; coral tree; -- so called from its red flowers.

Tamandu :: Tamandu (n.) A small ant-eater (Tamandua tetradactyla) native of the tropical parts of South America.

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