noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The tropics of "the old world", the tropical areas of both Africa and Asia. Used in biology (rare), pertaining to area of geographical occurrence. plural, plural-only

Etymology

From palaeo- + tropics.

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