semitropical
Americanadjective
adjective
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partly tropical
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another word for subtropical
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Origin of semitropical
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Coca grows in semitropical areas at heights of between 200 and 1,500 metres over sea level, and unlike oranges, can be harvested three to six times per year.
From Salon • Mar. 9, 2025
They gathered in the chilly northeastern city of Dalian, in semitropical Guangzhou nearly 1,500 miles away and in Wuhan in central China, where the Covid pandemic began at the end of 2019.
From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2023
These cold-water fish can already be found in some improbable places, including semitropical Florida and the arid Gobi Desert.
From Science Magazine • Feb. 9, 2023
No survivors have been found as rescuers search the rugged, charred mountainside in the semitropical Guangxi region.
From Washington Times • Mar. 22, 2022
Bambusa arundinacea.—The bamboo cane, a gigantic grass, cultivated in many tropical and semitropical countries.
From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William
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