Definition of Subalpine

1. Adjective. Growing at high altitudes.

Exact synonyms: Alpestrine
Similar to: Highland, Upland

Definition of Subalpine

1. a. Inhabiting the somewhat high slopes and summits of mountains, but considerably below the snow line.

Definition of Subalpine

1. Adjective. At the foot of the Alps ¹

2. Adjective. At or just below the tree-line ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Subalpine

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subalpine

subahdars
subahs
subaid
subaided
subaiding
subaids
subalar
subalgebra
subalgebraic
subalgebras
subalignments
suballocation
suballocations
subalmoner
subalmoners
subalpine (current term)
subalpine fir
subalpine larch
subaltern
subalternal
subalternant
subalternants
subalternate
subalternates
subalternating
subalternation
subalternations
subalterns
subanalyses
subanalysis

Literary usage of Subalpine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plant Indicators: The Relation of Plant Communities to Process and Practice by Frederic Edward Clements (1920)
"11). ative localities in the Petran subalpine forest. Relationship and contacts.—The subalpine climax shows some relationship to three different formations, ..."

2. Mosses with Hand-lens and Microscope: A Non-technical Hand-book of the More by Abel Joel Grout (1903)
"... for it is scarcely probable that a subalpine species of the New England mountains should be found in the lowlands of the southern states. ..."

3. Fennia by Suomen maantieteellinen seura (1903)
"... subalpine Region. In der subalpinen Region finden wir den in der alpinen vorkommenden ... subalpine ..."

4. A Monograph on Plebiscites: With a Collection of Official Documants by Sarah Wambaugh (1920)
"Vote of the subalpine Parliament Accepting the Vote of Lombardy and the Provinces of Padua, Vicenza, Treviso and Rovigo, and Uniting these Provinces to ..."

5. A Monograph on Plebiscites: With a Collection of Official Documants by Sarah Wambaugh (1920)
"Vote of the subalpine Parliament Accepting the Vote of Lombardy and the Provinces of Padua, Vicenza, Treviso and Rovigo, and Uniting these Provinces to ..."

6. A Monograph on Plebiscites: With a Collection of Official Documants by Sarah Wambaugh (1920)
"Vote of the subalpine Parliament Accepting the Vote of Lombardy and the Provinces of Padua, Vicenza, Treviso and Rovigo, and Uniting these Provinces to ..."

7. The Italian Lakes: Being the Record of Pilgrimages to Familiar and by William Denison McCrackan (1907)
"They were in truth subalpine men. Manzoni was born in Milan, of a family long settled near Lecco, and there, also, ..."

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