Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

   2. Like the Alps; lofty. ``Gazing up an Alpine height.''
      --Tennyson.

Source : WordNet®

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"