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$\begingroup$#Jason Starr: no. I refer to another notion, cf. (for instance) "Discrete Riemann surface" by C. Mercat, in Handbook of Teichmuller Theory I. If I'm not wrong, the answer is yes for tropical curves$\endgroup$