Alpestrine Definition

ăl-pĕstrĭn
adjective
Growing at high altitudes; alpine or subalpine.
American Heritage
Of the Alps or any mountainous region.
Webster's New World
Growing in the elevated region closest to the timberline.
Webster's New World

Pertaining to the Alps, or other high mountains.

Alpestrine diseases.
Wiktionary
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Origin of Alpestrine

  • From Medieval Latin alpestris from Latin Alpēs , the Alps

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin Alpestris.

    From Wiktionary

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