montane
1 synonym for montane, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Found on or living in mountain slopes, especially the cool, damp ground just below the tree line.
Etymology
The adjective is derived from Latin montānus (“of or pertaining to a mountain”). Synchronically, it can be seen to have the suffix English -ane (variant of -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives)). Montānus is derived from mōns (“mount, mountain”) (from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out, to...
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