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Etymology

From Latin Alpīnus, from Alpēs (“the Alps”). Cognates include French alpin.

derived from Alpīnus

Definitions

1
Of, relating to, or inhabiting mountains, especially above the timberline.
- alpine snows
- alpine plants
Of or relating to slalom and downhill skiing.
3
Any of several plants, native to mountain habitats, often grown in rock gardens.
- There can be little doubt that the autumn-flowering gentians are the elite of late-flowering alpines, but alas they can only be enjoyed by those gardeners with an acid soil, unless they can be grown in containers.
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  Of, relating to, or inhabiting the Alps, a mountain range in Western and Central Europe.
  - Some vague emotion of delight / In gazing up an Alpine height, / Some yearning toward the lamps of night.
2. A number of places in the United States
  A number of places in the United States:
3. A locality in the Wingecarribee council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
4. A local government area in north-east Victoria, Australia
  A local government area in north-east Victoria, Australia; in full, Alpine Shire.

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Derived

afroalpine, alpine accentor, alpine anemone, alpine bullhead, alpine butterfly bend, alpine butterfly knot, alpine chough, alpine club-moss, alpine clubmoss, alpine club moss, alpine coil, alpine combined, Alpine County, alpine fir, alpine fleabane, alpine hawkweed, alpine lady's-mantle, alpinely, alpine marmot, alpine meadow lizard, alpine-meadow lizard, alpine newt, alpine pasqueflower, alpine salamander, alpine saxifrage, alpine skier, alpine skiing, alpine snowboard, alpine snowboarder, alpine snowboarding, alpinesque, alpine start, alpinism, alpinist, Calpine, para-alpine, para alpine skiing, semialpine

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at alpine. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at alpine. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at alpine

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.