alpine
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
alpine/ˈalpʌɪn/
▶adjective
- 1 relating to high mountains.
■ (Alpine) relating to the Alps.
- 2 (also Alpine) relating to or denoting skiing downhill.
- 1 a plant native to alpine areas.
- 2 a North American butterfly which has brownish-black wings with orange-red markings. [Genus Erebia.]
'alpine' also found in these Oxford entries:
auricula
- avalanche
- dirndl
- lederhosen
- mountain avens
- phlox
- soldanella
- transalpine
- Tyrolean
