Alpestrine

English

Alternative forms

• alpestrine

Etymology

Latin Alpestris.

Adjective

Alpestrine (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the Alps, or other high mountains; Alpine.

   Alpestrine diseases

2. (botany) Growing on the elevated parts of mountains, but not above the tree-line; subalpine.

References

• “Alpestrine”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Alpestrine”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Pearlstein, episternal, interlapse, interpales, interpleas, plenarties, presential, salipenter