1. of or relating to or characteristic of conditions in the subtropics; - Example: "even near the equator vegetation at 5000 ft is subtropical rather than tropical" [syn: subtropical, subtropic, semitropical, semitropic]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
semitropic
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of conditions in the
subtropics; "even near the equator vegetation at 5000 ft
is subtropical rather than tropical" [syn: subtropical,
subtropic, semitropical, semitropic]