-tropous

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The combining form -tropous is used like a suffix meaning "turned, curved" in the direction specified by the first part of the word. It is used in some scientific terms, especially botany.The form -tropous comes from the Greek suffix -tropos, meaning “pertaining to a turn." This suffix is based on �ٰ�ó��Dz�, “turn," and �ٰ��DZ�ḗ, "a turning.”The Greek �ٰ�ó��Dz� is also the source of the words trope and tropical. It’s your turn to make the connection between “turning,”  figures of speech, and the tropics at our entries for the words.Closely related to -tropous is -tropic. The combining forms -tropy and -tropism are used to form abstract nouns from concrete nouns using -tropous and -tropic. Corresponding forms of -tropous combined to the beginning of words are tropo- and trop-. Learn more about their specific applications of our Words That Use articles for the forms.