subtropical

[suhb-trop-i-kuhl] Origin

sub·trop·i·cal

[suhb-trop-i-kuhl]
adjective
1.
bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
2.
pertaining to or occurring in a region between tropical and temperate; subtorrid; semitropical.
noun
3.
a subtropical plant.

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Subtropical is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

Origin:
1835–45; sub- + tropical
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subtropical (sʌbˈtrɒpɪkəl)
 
adj
situated in, used in, characteristic of, or relating to the subtropics

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subtropical
1842, from sub- + tropical.
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subtropical   (sŭb-trŏp'ĭ-kəl)  Pronunciation Key 
Relating to the regions of the Earth bordering on the tropics, just north of the tropic of cancer or just south of the Tropic of Capricorn. Subtropical regions are the warmest parts of the two Temperate Zones.
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