Alpestrine
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Alpestrine (not comparable)
- Pertaining to the Alps, or other high mountains; Alpine.
- Alpestrine diseases
- (botany) Growing on the elevated parts of mountains, but not above the tree-line; subalpine.
References edit
- “Alpestrine”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Alpestrine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.