| alpine | (adj) relating to or characteristic of alps |
| alpine | (adj) relating to the Alps and their inhabitants |
| alpine | (adj) living or growing above the timber line |
| alpine anemone | (n) silky-foliaged herb of the Rocky Mountains with bluish-white flowers, Syn. mountain anemone, Anemone tetonensis |
| alpine ash | (n) tall timber tree with hard heavy pinkish or light brown wood, Syn. Eucalyptus delegatensis, mountain oak |
| alpine azalea | (n) creeping mat-forming evergreen shrub of high mountain regions of northern hemisphere grown for its rose-pink flowers, Syn. mountain azalea, Loiseleuria procumbens |
| alpine bearberry | (n) deciduous creeping shrub bright red in autumn having black or blue-black berries; alpine and circumpolar, Syn. Arctostaphylos alpina, black bearberry |
| alpine besseya | (n) small pale plant with dense spikes of pale bluish-violet flowers; of high cold meadows from Wyoming and Utah to New Mexico, Syn. Besseya alpina |
| alpine celery pine | (n) small shrubby celery pine of New Zealand, Syn. Phyllocladus alpinus |
| alpine clover | (n) European mountain clover with fragrant usually pink flowers, Syn. Trifolium alpinum |
| alpine clubmoss | (n) a variety of club moss, Syn. Lycopodium alpinum |
| alpine coltsfoot | (n) rhizomatous herb with purple-red flowers suitable for groundcover; sometimes placed in genus Tussilago, Syn. Homogyne alpina, Tussilago alpina |
| alpine enchanter's nightshade | (n) an Alpine variety of enchanter's nightshade, Syn. Circaea alpina |
| alpine fir | (n) medium-tall timber tree of the Rocky Mountains having a narrowly conic to columnar crown, Syn. subalpine fir, Abies lasiocarpa |
| alpine glacier | (n) a glacier that moves down from a high valley, Syn. Alpine type of glacier |
| alpine gold | (n) low tufted plant having hairy stems each topped by a flower head with short narrow yellow rays; northwestern United States, Syn. Hulsea algida, alpine hulsea |
| alpine goldenrod | (n) goldenrod similar to narrow goldenrod but having bristly hairs on edges of leaf stalks; mountainous regions of western America, Syn. Solidago multiradiata |
| alpine lady fern | (n) a lady fern with deeply cut leaf segments; found in the Rocky Mountains, Syn. Athyrium distentifolium |
| alpine milk vetch | (n) perennial of mountainous areas of Eurasia and North America, Syn. Astragalus alpinus |
| alpine mouse-ear | (n) widespread in the Arctic and on mountains in Europe, Syn. Arctic mouse-ear, Cerastium alpinum |
| alpine salamander | (n) ovoviviparous amphibian of the Alps, Syn. Salamandra atra |
| alpine totara | (n) low wide-spreading coniferous shrub of New Zealand mountains, Syn. Podocarpus nivalis |
| alpine woodsia | (n) slender fern of northern North America with shining chestnut-colored stipes and bipinnate fronds with usually distinct marginal sori, Syn. northern woodsia, flower-cup fern, Woodsia alpina |
| cisalpine | (adj) on the Italian or Roman side of the Alps, Syn. ultramontane |
| subalpine larch | (n) medium-sized larch of the Rocky Mountains; closely related to Larix occidentalis, Syn. Larix lyallii |
| transalpine | (n) one living on or coming from the other side of the Alps from Italy |
| transalpine | (adj) on or relating to or characteristic of the region or peoples beyond the Alps from Italy (or north of the Alps), Syn. ultramontane |
| alpestrine | (adj) growing at high altitudes, Syn. subalpine |
| old man of the mountain | (n) whitish hairy plant with featherlike leaves and a few stout stems each bearing an especially handsome solitary large yellow flower head; mountainous regions north central United States, Syn. Tetraneuris grandiflora, alpine sunflower, Hymenoxys grandiflora |
| pellagra | (n) a disease caused by deficiency of niacin or tryptophan (or by a defect in the metabolic conversion of tryptophan to niacin); characterized by gastrointestinal disturbances and erythema and nervous or mental disorders; may be caused by malnutrition or alcoholism or other nutritional impairments, Syn. mal rosso, Saint Ignatius' itch, mal de la rosa, Alpine scurvy, mayidism, maidism |
| scotch laburnum | (n) an ornamental shrub or tree of the genus Laburnum, Syn. Laburnum alpinum, Alpine golden chain |
| t-bar lift | (n) a surface lift where riders hold a bar and are pulled up the hill on their skis, Syn. T-bar, Alpine lift |
| Alpine | 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Like the Alps; lofty. “Gazing up an Alpine height.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Cisalpine | a. [ L. Cisalpinus; cis on this side + Alpinus Alpine. ] On the hither side of the Alps with reference to Rome, that is, on the south side of the Alps; -- opposed to transalpine. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Subalpine | a. [ L. subalpinus. ] (Bot. & Zool.) Inhabiting the somewhat high slopes and summits of mountains, but considerably below the snow line. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Transalpine | a. [ L. transalpinus; trans across, beyond + Alpinus Alpine, from Alpes the Alps: cf. F. transalpin. ] Being on the farther side of the Alps in regard to Rome, that is, on the north or west side of the Alps; of or pertaining to the region or the people beyond the Alps; as, transalpine Gaul; -- opposed to cisalpine. “ Transalpine garbs.” Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Transalpine | n. A native or inhabitant of a country beyond the Alps, that is, out of Italy. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 高山 | [こうざん, kouzan] (n, adj-no) high mountain; alpine; (P) #3,894 [Add to Longdo] |
| アルペンスキー | [arupensuki-] (n) Alpine skiing (ger #14,485 [Add to Longdo] |
| アルパイン | [arupain] (n) alpine; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| アルペン種目 | [アルペンしゅもく, arupen shumoku] (n) Alpine events; Alpine sports [Add to Longdo] |
| エーデルワイス | [e-deruwaisu] (n) alpine flower (ger [Add to Longdo] |
| 亜高山帯 | [あこうざんたい, akouzantai] (n, adj-no) subalpine zone [Add to Longdo] |
| 岩雲雀 | [いわひばり;イワヒバリ, iwahibari ; iwahibari] (n) (uk) alpine accentor (Prunella collaris) [Add to Longdo] |
| 御花畑;お花畑 | [おはなばたけ, ohanabatake] (n) field of alpine flowers [Add to Longdo] |
| 御山雀 | [おやますずめ;オヤマスズメ, oyamasuzume ; oyamasuzume] (n) (uk) (obsc) (See 岩雲雀) alpine accentor (Prunella collaris) [Add to Longdo] |
| 行者大蒜 | [ぎょうじゃにんにく, gyoujaninniku] (n) Alpine leek (edible plant, Allium victorialis var. platyphyllum) [Add to Longdo] |
| 高山植物 | [こうざんしょくぶつ, kouzanshokubutsu] (n) alpine plants [Add to Longdo] |
| 高山帯 | [こうざんたい, kouzantai] (n) alpine zone [Add to Longdo] |
| 高山蝶 | [こうざんちょう, kouzanchou] (n) alpine butterfly [Add to Longdo] |
| 高嶺桜 | [たかねざくら;タカネザクラ, takanezakura ; takanezakura] (n) (uk) (obsc) (See 峰桜) Japanese alpine cherry (Prunus nipponica) [Add to Longdo] |
| 雪兎;雪うさぎ | [ゆきうさぎ;ユキウサギ, yukiusagi ; yukiusagi] (n) (1) (uk) mountain hare (Lepus timidus); blue hare; tundra hare; variable hare; white hare; alpine hare; (2) hare made of snow [Add to Longdo] |
| 峰桜;嶺桜 | [みねざくら;ミネザクラ, minezakura ; minezakura] (n) (uk) Japanese alpine cherry (Prunus nipponica) [Add to Longdo] |
