alpestrine, subalpine
(adjective) growing at high altitudes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
subalpine (comparative more subalpine, superlative most subalpine)
At the foot of the Alps
At or just below the tree-line
Source: Wiktionary
Sub*al"pine, a. Etym: [L. subalpinus.] (Bot. & Zoöl.)
Definition: Inhabiting the somewhat high slopes and summits of mountains, but considerably below the snow line.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 June 2025
(verb) raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type; “underlay the plate”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
