MEANING
Relating to mountains or the ecosystems and zones found on their slopes.
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- montane forest
- montane vegetation
- montane habitat
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Montane forest covered the lower slopes.
The expedition recorded changes in montane vegetation.
Clouds settled over the montane habitat before noon.
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- montane
Usage notes
Primary category: environment. Forms: Non-gradable in ordinary geographical use. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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