- Also: semitropic partly tropical
- another word for subtropical
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
sem•i•trop•i•cal /ˌsɛmiˈtrɑpɪkəl, ˌsɛmaɪ-/USA pronunciation also ˌsem•iˈtrop•ic,
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Meteorologysubtropical.
sem•i•trop•i•cal
(sem′ē trop′i kəl, sem′ī-),USA pronunciation adj.
sem′i•trop′ics, n.pl.
sem′i•trop′i•cal•ly, adv.
- Meteorologysubtropical.
- semi- + tropical 1855–60
sem′i•trop′i•cal•ly, adv.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
semitropical /ˌsɛmɪˈtrɒpɪkəl/ adj
'semitropical' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bamboo
- Iran
- javelin fish
- pomegranate
- Seville orange
- bonduc
- grapefruit
- honeycreeper
- plantation
- podocarpus
- subtropical