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alpestrine

American  
[al-pes-trin] / ælˈpɛs trɪn /

adjective

Botany.

  1. subalpine.

alpestrine British  
/ ælˈpɛstrɪn /

adjective

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

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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