Tropical vs Semitropical - What's the difference?
tropical | semitropical |
Of or north and 23 degrees south.
From or similar to a hot climate, e.g. tropical fruit, tropical weather.
(dated) Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a .
* South
As adjectives the difference between tropical and semitropical
is that tropical is of or north and 23 degrees south while semitropical is intermediate between temperate and tropical.As a noun tropical
is a tropical plant.tropical
English
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* (abbreviation)Adjective
(en adjective)- (Jeremy Taylor)
- The foundation of all parables is some analogy or similitude between the tropical or allusive part of the parable and the thing intended by it.