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Tropical vs Kalanchoe - What's the difference?

tropical | kalanchoe |

As nouns the difference between tropical and kalanchoe

is that tropical is a tropical plant while kalanchoe is any of the genus (taxlink) of tropical, succulent flowering plants.

As an adjective tropical

is of or north and 23 degrees south.

tropical

English

Alternative forms

* (abbreviation)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or north and 23 degrees south.
  • From or similar to a hot climate, e.g. tropical fruit, tropical weather.
  • (dated) Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a .
  • (Jeremy Taylor)
  • * South
  • The foundation of all parables is some analogy or similitude between the tropical or allusive part of the parable and the thing intended by it.

    Derived terms

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tropical plant.
  • kalanchoe

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of the genus (taxlink) of tropical, succulent flowering plants.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=February 21, author=Anne Raver, title=Repotting for Spring, Mixing in Some Memories, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=NOW that spring is near, I’ve been repotting dozens of houseplants —? begonias, aloes and oxalis ?— and have started to make cuttings of others, like geraniums, aeoniums and kalanchoes . }}