pantropical

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adjective

Occurring in tropical areas on all the major continents, i.e. in Africa, Asia and America.

Similar
pantropicequatorial
OriginEnglish tropical ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Ancient Greek πᾰν- (păn-) →
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Meanings

adjectivepantropical (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyOccurring in tropical areas on all the major continents, i.e. in Africa, Asia and America.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivedistributed throughout the tropics

Similar
pantropicequatorial
Also see
equatorialpantropic

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ph₂énts?
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pánts
  4. Ancient Greekπᾶς (pâs)
  5. Ancient Greekπᾰν- (păn-)
  6. Englishpan-
  7. Englishtropic
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  10. Englishtropical
  11. Englishpantropical

From pan- + tropical.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with pantropical

tropicaltopicalsubtropicalneotropicalextratropicalmicroscopicalAfrotropicalallotropicaldystopicalmacroscopicalmisanthropicalsemitropicalutopical
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Cite this entry
APA

pantropical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pantropical

MLA

“pantropical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pantropical. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pantropical,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pantropical.

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