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Tropical vs Olmec - What's the difference?

tropical | olmec |

As nouns the difference between tropical and olmec

is that tropical is a tropical plant while olmec is a member of an ancient pre-columbian people living in the tropical lowlands of south-central mexico, in what are roughly the modern-day states of veracruz and tabasco.

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.
  • olmec

    English

    (wikipedia Olmec)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A member of an ancient pre-Columbian people living in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, in what are roughly the modern-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco.