Alpine (e-mail client)
WordNet
adjective
(1) Living or growing above the timber line
"Alpine flowers"
(2) Relating to the Alps and their inhabitants
"Alpine countries, Switzerland, Italy, France, and Germany"
(3) Relating to or characteristic of alps
"Alpine sports"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
Alpēs > Alpes the Alps: compare with French alpin.
Adjective
- Of or relating to mountains; as .
- Inhabiting mountains, especially above the timber line; as , .
- Alpine; of or relating to the Alps.
- Alfred Tennyson
- Gazing up an Alpine height.
- Alfred Tennyson
- Also Alpine; of or relating to slalom and downhill skiing. (Compare Nordic.)
Noun
- Any of several plants, native to mountain habitats, often grown in a rock garden
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