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Definition of Pantropical
1. Adjective. Distributed throughout the tropics.
Definition of Pantropical
1. Adjective. Occurring in tropical areas on all the major continents, i.e. in Africa, Asia and America, in 'all' the tropical regions. Used in biology, pertaining to area of geographical occurrence. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pantropical
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pantropical
Literary usage of Pantropical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"Species 253 157 117 111 CONCLUSIONS 176 The high proportion of the pantropical
affinities of the tropical dry forest of Baja California Sur suggests that, ..."
2. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1913)
"One gets thoroughly tired of seeing all these little gardens planted with the
same old pantropical ornamentals like Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, ..."
3. Lost Crops of Africa: Grains edited by F. R. Ruskin (1999)
"In numerous tropical locations, vetiver hedges have restrained erodible soils
for decades and the grass—which is pantropical—has shown little evidence of ..."
4. Adventure Guide to Maui by Sharon Hamblin (2005)
"Dolphins Hawaii is home to 13 species of dolphin, with the three most common
being spinner, bottlenose and pantropical Spinner dolphin spotted. ..."
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