a. and sb. Obs. rare. [f. L. alpestr-is belonging to the Alps + -AL. A more analogical form would be alpestrial like terrestrial.]
A. adj. Alpine. B. sb. An alpine species.
1664. Evelyn, Silva (1776), 316. Flanked by the Alpestral hills. Ibid. (1675), Terra (1776), 22. Monstrous trees as Firs, Pines, and other Alpestrals.
