adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Designating a zone of vegetation occurring above the heather line, which forms one of six such zones in the British Isles and is characteristic of the highest areas of Scotland. historical, not-comparable, rare

Etymology

From super- + arctic.

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