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sub•trop•i•cal
Pronunciation: (sub-trop'i-kul), [key]—
adj.
1. bordering on the tropics; nearly tropical.
2. pertaining to or occurring in a region between tropical and temperate; subtorrid; semitropical.
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n.
a subtropical plant.
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