SUBALPINE


Meaning of SUBALPINE in English

/sub al"puyn, -pin/ , adj.

1. pertaining to the regions at the foot of the Alps.

2. Bot. growing on mountains below the limit of tree growth, and above the foothill, or montane, zone.

[ 1650-60; SUB- + ALPINE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .