subtropics

[ suhb-trop-iks ]

plural noun
  1. subtropical regions.

Origin of subtropics

1
1895–90; sub- + (the) tropics

Words Nearby subtropics

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British Dictionary definitions for subtropics

subtropics

/ (sʌbˈtrɒpɪks) /


pl n
  1. the region lying between the tropics and temperate lands

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