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- adjective Alternative form of
non-tropical .
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Examples
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In fact, we are already seeing the encroachment of nontropical flow into the northwestern Gulf of Mexico.
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These systems, owing to their close proximity to land, often ingest a nontropical offshore flow that tends to weaken the western periphery perhaps more than is often expected.
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This is really amazing to me to see this much rainfall in this amount of time in a nontropical system.
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The majority of this should be in the form of less-refined, less-processed foods with a low (i.e., below 60) glycemic index, and you should try to eat some low-GI carbohydrate food with each meal (whole grains, beans, vegetables, and nontropical fruits).
Excerpt: Eating Well For Optimum Health by Andrew Weil, M.D. 2000
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I particularly loved the ornamental bananas and their long arc of leaves, an unusual sight in a nontropical climate.
Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991
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I particularly loved the ornamental bananas and their long arc of leaves, an unusual sight in a nontropical climate.
Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991
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I particularly loved the ornamental bananas and their long arc of leaves, an unusual sight in a nontropical climate.
WILD SWANS THREE DAUGHTERS OF CHINA CHANG, JUNG 1991
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Tom Skilling predicts will be a decidedly nontropical day, with a chance of snow and a high of
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Celiac disease is also called gluten-sensitive enteropathy and nontropical sprue.
CNN.com 2010
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If you are up for a bigger challenge, try planting some nontropical bulbs such as crocus, hyacinths, daffodils or tulips.
unknown title 2009
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