SUBTROPICS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Regions adjacent to the tropics

Synonyms:

semitropics; subtropics

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("subtropics" is a kind of...):

climatic zone (any of the geographical zones loosely divided according to prevailing climate and latitude)

Derivation:

subtropic (of or relating to or characteristic of conditions in the subtropics)

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