From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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"
3: living or growing above the timber line; "alpine flowers"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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2. Like the Alps; lofty. "Gazing up an Alpine height."
--Tennyson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
highland \highland\ adj.
of, located in, or characteristic of high or hilly country.
Contrasted to lowland. [prenominal] [Narrower terms:
alpestrine, subalpine ; {alpine; {mountain(prenominal) ;
{mountainous ]
Syn: upland.
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