subtropical
[suhb-trop-i-kuh l]
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- a subtropical plant.
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Origin of subtropical
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Another mosquito-borne infection, dengue is found primarily in urban and rural tropical and subtropical regions.
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Occasionally it spreads into subtropical or even temperate regions.
Insects and DiseasesRennie W. Doane
Accidental; two instances; habitat, tropical and subtropical America.
Birds of the RockiesLeander Sylvester Keyser
Found in southern California and in tropical and subtropical seas.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tideAugusta Foote Arnold
The alg of this order are found only in tropical or subtropical waters.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tideAugusta Foote Arnold
Temperate to Subtropical life-zones of Venezuela and northern and western Colombia.
American WeaselsE. Raymond Hall
subtropical
- situated in, used in, characteristic of, or relating to the subtropics
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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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