Crossword Dictionary

alpine

alpine - a 

relating to or characteristic of alps; "alpine sports" 
living or growing above the timber line; "alpine flowers" 

Wordplays

sentence examples

“Timberline and alpine vegetation on the tropical and warm-temperate oceanic islands of the world: elevation, structure and floristics.”

“The habitats under study are situated at the subalpine to alpine vegetation level with an altitude of 1749-2655 m above sea level.”

“Our window looked out on a beautiful alpine scene.”

Cambridge Dictionary

etymology

Alpine (adj.)

"of the Alps," early 15c., from Latin Alpinus. Other adjectives were Alpish (1590s), Alpian (c. 1600), Alpsian (c. 1600). With a small a-, "pertaining to very high mountains," 1845.