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montane definition

mon·tane (män′tān′, män tān′)

adjective

of or designating a cool, moist ecological zone usually located near the timberline and usually dominated by evergreen trees

Etymology: < L montanus: see mountain

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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