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Definition of Semitropic
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 Semitropic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Semitropic
Literary usage of Semitropic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly (1894)
"Adding these totals, we obtain the area of the semitropic orchards of ...
The entire acreage devoted to the semitropic fruits above classified is 91311. ..."
2. Notes on the California Reports, Showing the Present Value as Authority of ...by Charles Theodore Boone, California Supreme Court by Charles Theodore Boone, California Supreme Court (1906)
"semitropic etc. Co., 87 Cal. 280. ruling similarly, and sustaining rescission
... semitropic etc. Co., 99 Cal. 261, holding clause of forfeiture immaterial ..."
3. The Channel Islands of California: A Book for the Angler, Sportsman, and Tourist by Charles Frederick Holder, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1910)
"It has all the appearance, with its palms and semitropic, of the tropics, yet it
has not a tropical climate, the winters being cool and bracing, ..."
4. Wood-using Industries of South Carolina by Stanley L. Wolfe, South Carolina Dept. of Agriculture, United States Forest Service (1913)
"The varied climate, ranging from semitropic in the southern coastal region to
temperate in the northwestern part of the State makes it possible to raise ..."
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