Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or being the geographic areas adjacent to the tropics.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of a climate or other physical character between tropical and temperate; approaching the tropical or torrid zone in temperature: noting a region on the confines of either tropic, or its plants, animals, and other natural productions: as, subtropical America; a subtropical fauna or flora.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Nearly tropical.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Pertaining to the
regions of theEarth further from theequator than thetropical regions. - noun A subtropical plant.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or characteristic of conditions in the subtropics
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Examples
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(Humidity-triggered bathroom fans, good; a grass roof in subtropical sun, not so good.)
Houses of the Future 2009
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Between 1969 and 2000, 85 per cent of lowland and mountain subtropical dry forests has been cleared (1. 2m hectares), according to a Zac (2004).
Biodiversity 100: actions for the Americas Guillaume Chapron 2010
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(Humidity-triggered bathroom fans, good; a grass roof in subtropical sun, not so good.)
Houses of the Future 2009
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I don't have a flag to fly on national holidays, and the most I'll do for Christmas is a wreath on the door because it has good memories and the scent of pine is rare in subtropical Florida.
The Glorious Fourth 2009
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(Humidity-triggered bathroom fans, good; a grass roof in subtropical sun, not so good.)
Houses of the Future 2009
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In the economy section of the A380 mock-up Airbus designers compensated for this dark truth with relentlessly cheerful carpet and upholstery in subtropical-fruit colors.
The Mother Load P. J. O'Rourke 2005
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In the economy section of the A380 mock-up Airbus designers compensated for this dark truth with relentlessly cheerful carpet and upholstery in subtropical-fruit colors.
The Mother Load P. J. O'Rourke 2005
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I don't have a flag to fly on national holidays, and the most I'll do for Christmas is a wreath on the door because it has good memories and the scent of pine is rare in subtropical Florida.
July 2005 2005
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Durban was then a relatively sleepy town in subtropical surroundings.
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Poinsettias grow in subtropical climates and are usually planted during the months of March and April to be brought into full bloom by November.
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