"subalpine" meaning in English

See subalpine in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more subalpine [comparative], most subalpine [superlative]
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  1. At the foot of the Alps Translations (at the foot of the Alps): subalpí (Catalan), subalpien (Dutch), subalpiinne (Estonian), subalpin [masculine] (French), subalpin (German), fo-alpach (Irish), subalpino [masculine] (Italian), subalpīnus (Latin), fo-alpagh (Manx), podalpejski (Polish), subalpin (Romanian), subalpino (Spanish)
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  2. At or just below the tree-line
    Sense id: en-subalpine-en-adj-o7WODQa-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: subalpine warbler
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