adjective
Etymology
Origin of subtropical
Vocabulary lists containing subtropical
East Asia - Middle School
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East Asia - High School
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Weather and Climate - Middle School
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Example Sentences
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Trump also said tariffs would help to reshore industry - but that's largely irrelevant in the case of coffee, which requires a subtropical climate.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
And no one could question the skill and scrupulosity with which the artist rendered the delicate tones of the distant mountains, the clouds, the subtropical foliage.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Frigid temperatures in the largely subtropical state can "cold-stun" iguanas, causing them to fall off trees in what has been referred to as a "lizard blizzard."
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
By examining samples from many different populations, the team reconstructed the evolutionary tree of Balanophora and traced how it spread across subtropical regions of East Asia.
From Science Daily • Dec. 20, 2025
Spanish landfalls in the Americas were at subtropical latitudes highly suitable for food production, based at first mostly on Native American crops but also on Eurasian domestic animals, especially cattle and horses.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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