Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging in part to the tropics and in part to more temperate regions; characteristic of regions bordering on the tropics; subtropical: as, semitropical vegetation; a semi-tropical climate.
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Examples
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For the past few years, people have been planting tropical and semi-tropical plants too far north.
Spring has sprung gardeners, and 3 in 4 Americans can dig it 2010
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The countryside is beautifully green all year round with gorgeous semi-tropical foliage.
best growing area 2009
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And as climate changes, pests and diseases expand into new territories, including parts of the semi-tropical developed world, farmers in wealthy countries will find research into warding them off to be very useful.
Effort to Boost Global Maize Supply Gets $170m Injection 2011
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And as climate changes, pests and diseases expand into new territories, including parts of the semi-tropical developed world, farmers in wealthy countries will find research into warding them off to be very useful.
Effort to Boost Global Maize Supply Gets $170m Injection 2011
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And as climate changes, pests and diseases expand into new territories, including parts of the semi-tropical developed world, farmers in wealthy countries will find research into warding them off to be very useful.
Effort to Boost Global Maize Supply Gets $170m Injection 2011
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The Macedonian army climbed out of the deserts and over the high Elburz Mountains towards a semi-tropical paradise full of fig trees, grapevines, and fields of grain.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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The countryside is beautifully green all year round with gorgeous semi-tropical foliage.
best growing area 2009
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The countryside is beautifully green all year round with gorgeous semi-tropical foliage.
best growing area 2009
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These particular circulations just happen to be located a bit further south, over 80-degree Atlantic waters, where their ability to trigger large thunderstorm clusters is facilitated by the semi-tropical climate.
Shary & friends keep tropical storm season alive Greg Postel 2010
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And as climate changes, pests and diseases expand into new territories, including parts of the semi-tropical developed world, farmers in wealthy countries will find research into warding them off to be very useful.
Effort to Boost Global Maize Supply Gets $170m Injection 2011
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