Alpestrine

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Growing at high altitudes; alpine or subalpine.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Pertaining to the Alps, or other high mountains
  • adj. Growing on the elevated parts of mountains, but not above the timber line; subalpine.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining or peculiar to the Alps, or other mountainous regions: as, “alpestrine diseases,” Dana.
  • In botany, growing on mountains below the alpine region, that is, below the limit of tree-growth as determined by cold.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. growing at high altitudes
  • Equivalent
    highland    upland   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    subalpine