subboreal

adjective

sub·​boreal

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1

: very cold : approaching the frigid

a subboreal climate

2

: of, relating to, or constituting a postglacial period preceding the boreal and characterized by relatively warm dry climate

3

: of, relating to, or constituting a biogeographic zone that approaches the boreal in climatic condition

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary sub- + boreal

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