subtropical
IPA: sʌbtrˈɑpɪkʌɫ
noun
- A subtropical plant.
adjective
- Pertaining to the regions of the Earth further from the equator than the tropical regions.
- (meteorology, of a cyclone) Having some characteristics of a tropical cyclone but also some characteristics of an extratropical cyclone.
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Examples of "subtropical" in Sentences
- The shrub grows in the subtropical wetlands.
- It is part of the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre.
- The clouds are the edges of Subtropical Storm Andrea.
- The foothills descend into the subtropical Duars Plain.
- It is the southern side of a clockwise subtropical gyre.
- In the lower elevations, the climate is humid subtropical.
- List of tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ecoregions.
- The area is part of the Savanna Region, with tropical to subtropical vegetation.
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