[Adjective] Having a special meaning which represents something else. Example: The stars and stripes is symbolic of the American nation.
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serving as a symbol of something (often fol. by of&hasp;). · of, pertaining to, or expressed by a symbol. · characterized by or involving the use of symbols: a highly symbolic poem. · (in semantics, esp. formerly) pertaining to a class of words that express only relations. Cf.(def. 7). · expressed in characters, usually nonnum... Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/symbolic