Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Alpine"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Alpine \Al"pine\, a. [L. Alpinus, fr. Alpes the Alps: cf. F.
Alpin.]
1. Of or pertaining to the Alps, or to any lofty mountain;
as, Alpine snows; Alpine plants.
2. Like the Alps; lofty. ``Gazing up an Alpine height.''
--Tennyson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
alpine
adj 1: relating to or characteristic of alps; "alpine sports"
2: relating to the Alps and their inhabitants; "Alpine
countries, Switzerland, Italy, France, and Germany" [syn:
{Alpine}]
3: (biology) living or growing above the timber line; "alpine
flowers"
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