Definition of Semitropics

1. Noun. Regions adjacent to the tropics.

Exact synonyms: Subtropics
Generic synonyms: Climatic Zone
Derivative terms: Subtropic

Definition of Semitropics

1. [n]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Semitropics

semitragic
semitrailer
semitrailers
semitrained
semitrance
semitransept
semitransepts
semitranslucent
semitransparencies
semitransparency
semitransparent
semitrivial
semitrivial name
semitropic
semitropical
semitropics (current term)
semitruck
semitrucks
semitutorial
semiurban
semivalent
semivariance
semivariances
semivariogram
semivariograms
semivegetarian
semivegetarianism
semivegetarians
semivertical heart
semiverticillate

Literary usage of Semitropics

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Liv Age 289:187-9 6 Ag 19 '16 Rand, Kenneth, 1891- Spring in the semitropics; poem. Lit Digest Ap 15 '16 Randall, Isabel! Living from the soli. ..."

2. History of the Lumber Industry of America by James Elliott Defebaugh (1906)
"... to the heavy and hard woods of the tropics and semitropics, adapted to multitudes of uses according to their qualities of beauty in color and grain and ..."

3. The New Peace Movement by William Isaac Hull (1912)
"I see a great and virgin continent, stretching from ocean to ocean, and from the frozen lands of Canada to the semitropics of Mexico. ..."

4. The New Peace Movement by William Isaac Hull (1912)
"I see a great and virgin continent, stretching from ocean to ocean, and from the frozen lands of Canada to the semitropics of Mexico. ..."

5. The New Peace Movement by William Isaac Hull (1912)
"I see a great and virgin continent, stretching from ocean to ocean, and from the frozen lands of Canada to the semitropics of Mexico. ..."

6. His Great Adventure by Robert Herrick (1913)
"It was the rich, languorous night of the semitropics, full of perfume and mystery, — romance for youth, — a bit crude, perhaps, and elementary, ..."

7. Vital Forces in Current Events: Readings on Present-day Affairs from by Morris Edmund Speare (1920)
"... climate are so varied that we can produce all the grains, fruits, vegetables, and fibers known to the temperate zone and some found in the semitropics. ..."

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