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Definition of montane adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

montane

adjective

/ˈmɒnteɪn/

/ˈmɑːnteɪn/

[only before noun] (specialist)

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connected with mountains
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Latin montanus, from mons, mont- ‘mountain’.

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