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noun
The tropics of "the old world", the tropical areas of both Africa and Asia. Used in biology (rare), pertaining to area of geographical occurrence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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History
Etymology tree Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- English palaeo- English tropics English palaeotropics From palaeo- + tropics.
