In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
SEMITROPICAL
subtropical, subtropic, semitropical, semitropic
(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of conditions in the subtropics; “even near the equator vegetation at 5000 ft is subtropical rather than tropical”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
semitropical (not comparable)
Intermediate between temperate and tropical.
Source: Wiktionary
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