semitropical

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Coca grows in semitropical areas at heights of between 200 and 1,500 metres over sea level, and unlike oranges, can be harvested three to six times per year.

From Salon • Mar. 9, 2025

These cold-water fish can already be found in some improbable places, including semitropical Florida and the arid Gobi Desert.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 9, 2023

No survivors have been found as rescuers search the rugged, charred mountainside in the semitropical Guangxi region.

From Washington Times • Mar. 22, 2022

Spaniards and other Europeans spent vacations or retired here to be near the sea, while locals harvested banana trees in the semitropical warmth of Spain’s Canary Islands.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2021

The sugar-beet, grown in temperate climates, and the sugar-cane, native in tropical and semitropical regions, are the only two sources of sugar large enough to be of more than local importance.

From Food Guide for War Service at Home Prepared under the direction of the United States Food Administration in co-operation with the United States Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Education, with a preface by Herbert Hoover by Powdermaker, Florence