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View synonyms for semitropical

semitropical

[ sem-ee-trop-i-kuhl, sem-ahy- ]

adjective



semitropical

/ ˌsɛmɪˈtrɒpɪkəl /

adjective

  1. partly tropical
  2. another word for subtropical
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌsemiˈtropics, noun:plural
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Other Words From

  • semi·tropics plural noun
  • semi·tropi·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of semitropical1

First recorded in 1855–60; semi- + tropical
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Example Sentences

It has the features of a semitropical climate; here the flora of northern and southern provinces meet and overlap.

In tropical and semitropical regions there are mammals, some of them quite large, which feed upon insects.

They are used to semitropical heat and to hard work in bad conditions if there be only hope ahead.

In absolute silence the trio walked through the semitropical grounds to the court-house.

The one thousand or more known species are distributed over the tropical and semitropical regions of the entire world.

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