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boreal

bo.re.al \'bo-r-e--*l, 'bo.r-\ aj [ME boriall, fr. LL borealis, fr. L 
   boreas north wind, north,] fr. Gk, fr. Boreas 1: of, relating to, or 
   located in northern regions  cap  2: of, relating to, or growing in 
   northern and mountainous parts of the no rthern hemisphere