Polylepis definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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The polylepis (_P. — The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America
The polylepis (_P. racemosa_) is one of the _Sanguisorbaceæ_; in Quichua it is _Sachaquinoa_.] — The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America
Losing these, we found the cinchona bedewed by the cool clouds of Guaranda; and last of all, among the trees, the polylepis. — The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America
The next morning, our baggage having come up, we pushed up the mountain through a grand ravine, and over metamorphic rocks standing on their edges with a wavy strike, till we reached a polylepis grove, 12,000 feet above the sea. — The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America
In the same vein the great forests of polylepis, the world's highest tree, which capture and conserve moisture, have mostly been cut down for firewood. — Living in Peru : News