of, using, allegory

symbolic

forming part of, showing, the typical qualities or features

typical; distinguishing

(of words and language) used not in the true sense but in an imaginative way to produce a stringer effect

not literal, but symbolic

used to explain the meaning (of something)

explanatory

suggesting

exhibitive

being or containing an example or examples (of another or others); consisting of elected members; a person elected or appointed to represent or act for others

characteristic, typical

of, using, used as, a symbol

representative

symbolic

symbolic

serving as a symptom

indicative

being a good representative example (of a particular kind of person, thing)

usual, conventional