Definition of "semi-tropical" [semi-tropical]

• Belonging in part to the tropics and in part to more temperate regions; characteristic of regions bordering on the tropics; subtropical: as, semitropical vegetation; a semi-tropical climate.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The countryside is beautifully green all year round with gorgeous semi-tropical foliage."
• "These particular circulations just happen to be located a bit further south, over 80-degree Atlantic waters, where their ability to trigger large thunderstorm clusters is facilitated by the semi-tropical climate."
• "The Macedonian army climbed out of the deserts and over the high Elburz Mountains towards a semi-tropical paradise full of fig trees, grapevines, and fields of grain."