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alterne

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Unadapted borrowing from French alterne.

noun alternes

One of two or more plant communities that alternate with one another across a landscape with sharp boundaries, lacking an ecotone. Needle grass forms alternes not only with little bluestem but also less extensively with Sporobolus heterolepis.

adjective

alternative, not comparable Alternative form of altern

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@misc{alterne_2026,
  title = {alterne},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/alterne},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}