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Definition of Semitropical
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of conditions in the subtropics. "Even near the equator vegetation at 5000 ft is subtropical rather than tropical"
Partainyms: Subtropics, Subtropics
Derivative terms: Subtropics
Definition of Semitropical
1. Adjective. Intermediate between temperate and tropical, approaching tropical in appearance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Semitropical
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Semitropical
Literary usage of Semitropical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. First Principles of Agriculture by Emmett Stull Goff, Dexter Dwight Mayne (1918)
"semitropical FRUITS. (Chapters 29 and 30 were prepared by Professor Riley O.
Johnson, State Normal School. Chico, California. He gratefully acknowledges the ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly (1895)
"In Spain, Italy, and in general along the Mediterranean shore, they have a
semitropical climate during eight or nine months of the year, during which time ..."
3. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1904)
"Mr. Townsend records the palmetto groves as the home of these semitropical species,
but Mr. Schaeffer found that they were more abundant in the densely ..."
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