Mediterranean climate

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a climate having sunny, hot, dry summers and rainy winters.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

Also called etesian climate.

First recorded in 1895–1900

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The countries about the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea and its adjoining waters.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
It succeeds best in a deep rich loam in a climate ranging from forty to fifty degrees of latitude.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
The view from the sea-side may be somewhat better, but not much—not comparable to that of Genoa from the Mediterranean.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
However, a sojourn in a milder climate might prolong his life for a few months; so he advised Algeria.
Bastien Lepage|Fr. Crastre
The climate of those mountains is cold rather than temperate, and less healthful than sickly.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various