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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