Alpestrine definition

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Alpestrine \Al*pes"trine\, a. [L. Alpestris.]
     1. Pertaining to the Alps, or other high mountains; as,
        Alpestrine diseases, etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Bot.) Growing on the elevated parts of mountains, but not


        above the timber line; subalpine.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  alpestrine
       adj : growing at high altitudes [syn: {subalpine}]

















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