subtropical
a subtropical plant.
Origin of subtropical
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How to use subtropical in a sentence
It’s a time when subtropical forests spread over the continents and new animals got to stake their claims on the planet, all thanks to an atmosphere and oceans in turmoil.
An ancient era of global warming could hint at our scorching future | Rachel Feltman | August 16, 2021 | Popular-SciencePlants need hydration, after all, and changes to the world’s rain cycle provided an essential assist in the proliferation of subtropical canopies.
An ancient era of global warming could hint at our scorching future | Rachel Feltman | August 16, 2021 | Popular-SciencePledges of 43 tropical and subtropical nations that joined by 2019 — a mix of plantations and natural regrowth — would sequester 16 gigatons of carbon.
Why planting tons of trees isn’t enough to solve climate change | Carolyn Gramling | July 9, 2021 | Science NewsConsider the fall armyworm, a pest native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas that feeds on corn.
A European butterfly bonanza starts with caterpillars 4,000 miles away | Benji Jones | June 25, 2021 | VoxLeishmaniasis, Gaither learned, is common in tropical and subtropical countries like Brazil, Mexico, and India.
Another mosquito-borne infection, dengue is found primarily in urban and rural tropical and subtropical regions.
It is very common in subtropical countries, notably in Italy and in southern China.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddAccidental; two instances; habitat, tropical and subtropical America.
Birds of the Rockies | Leander Sylvester KeyserAbout two miles inland from Pentewan is Heligan, a very fine estate, whose gardens display rare subtropical vegetation.
The Cornwall Coast | Arthur L. SalmonHere the full force of the fierce subtropical sun began to make itself felt.
Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope | Victor AppletonOverhead spread a canopy of luminous, subtropical stars; in undisturbed silence they gazed up at their brilliance.
The Honorable Percival | Alice Hegan Rice
British Dictionary definitions for subtropical
/ (sʌbˈtrɒpɪkəl) /
situated in, used in, characteristic of, or relating to the subtropics
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Scientific definitions for subtropical
[ sŭb-trŏp′ĭ-kəl ]
Relating to the regions of the Earth bordering on the tropics, just north of the Tropic of Cancer or just south of the Tropic of Capricorn. Subtropical regions are the warmest parts of the two Temperate Zones.
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