tropicals
USTROH-pi-kuhlz/ˈtɹoʊ.pɪ.kəlz/UKTRO-pi-kuhlz/ˈtɹɒp.ɪ.kəlz/AUSTRAW-pi-kuhlz/ˈtɹɔp.ɪ.kəlz/
- 1Plural of tropical.
The greenhouse was full of tropicals that needed warm, humid air to thrive.
Beginning hobbyists often start with hardy tropicals before trying more delicate species.
Note
An adjective turned noun, and the -s gives it away. English adjectives never take a plural ending, so tropicals can only be the noun, meaning tropical plants: a greenhouse of tropicals, a bed of tropicals. The other meanings of tropical, from the hot-climate sense to the dated one about tropes and figurative language, remain adjectives and have no plural at all.
tropicals is a form of tropical
tropical, noun: A plant that grows in or comes from the warm, humid tropics. Full entry
- Forms
- tropicaltropicals plural
- Spelling
- tropical → tropicals: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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