tropical -
characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense
nonliteral,
figurative (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech; "figurative language"
rhetoric study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)
tropical -
relating to or situated in or characteristic of the tropics (the region on either side of the equator); "tropical islands"; "tropical fruit"