Tropic
WordNet
adjective
(1) Of weather or climate; hot and humid as in the tropics
"Tropical weather"
(2) Relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator)
"Tropical islands"
"Tropical fruit"
noun
(3) 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
WiktionaryText
Noun
- one of two specific lines of latitude that divide the Northern and Southern hemispheres, respectively; the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn.