| 释义 |
mon·tane
\(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 > |