MONTANE


Meaning of MONTANE in English

(ˈ)män.|tān adjective

Etymology: Latin montanus of a mountain, mountainous — more at mountain

1.

a. : of, relating to, or being the biogeographic zone made up of relatively moist cool upland slopes below timberline and characterized by the presence of large evergreen trees as a dominant life form — compare alpine , subalpine

b. : growing in this zone

montane evergreens

2. : of, relating to, or made up of montane plants or animals

a montane flora

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