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Meaning of ALPESTRINE

Pronunciation:  al'pestrin

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  growing at high altitudes
 
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 Synonyms: highland(a), subalpine, upland
 

 

 

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

 

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