Definition of "subtropic" [subtropic]

• Same as subtropical.
• A subtropical region. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The second is Hill-grown rice that can be grown in almost any tropical or subtropic terrain."
• "The human colony on the planet of Sao Paulo was only a little more than ten years old, and the majority of its towns were situated in the subtropic zone of the snaky eastern continent that stretched almost from pole to pole."
• "We would be passing from fall weather in Montreal into subtropic weather in the Pacific."