Metonymic

Adj.1.metonymic - using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated; "to say `he spent the evening reading Shakespeare' is metonymic because it substitutes the author himself for the author's works"
figurative, nonliteral - (used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech; "figurative language"

 

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