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subtropical

adj

Etymology

From sub- + tropical.

  1. derived from τροπικός — “of or pertaining to a turn or change; or the solstice; or a trope or figure; tropic; tropical; etc.”
  2. derived from tropicus — “of or pertaining to the solstice, as a noun, one of the tropics”
  3. suffixed as tropical — “tropic + al”
  4. prefixed as subtropical — “sub + tropical”

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to the regions of the Earth further from the equator than the tropical regions.

  2. Having some characteristics of a tropical cyclone but also some characteristics of an…

    Having some characteristics of a tropical cyclone but also some characteristics of an extratropical cyclone.

  3. A subtropical plant.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA