alpestrine

American

[al-pes-trin] / ælˈpɛs trɪn /

adjective

Botany.

subalpine.

alpestrine British

/ ælˈpɛstrɪn /

adjective

(of plants) growing at high altitudes; subalpine

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Etymology

Origin of alpestrine

1875–80; < Medieval Latin alpestr ( is ) ( Latin Alp ( ēs ) the Alps + -estris adj. suffix; terrestrial ) + -ine ¹

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Pertaining to the Alps, or other high mountains; as, Alpestrine diseases, etc.

From Project Gutenberg

Subalpine, sub-al′pīn, adj. belonging to a mountainous region next below alpine—i.e. near but not below the timber-line, alpestrine.

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