(n)creeping mat-forming evergreen shrub of high mountain regions of northern hemisphere grown for its rose-pink flowers, Syn.mountain azalea, Loiseleuria procumbens
(n)deciduous creeping shrub bright red in autumn having black or blue-black berries; alpine and circumpolar, Syn.Arctostaphylos alpina, black bearberry
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 ]
n. 1.1 a genus of perennial rhizomatous herbs of Asia and Australia and Polynesia having ginger-scented rhizomes. Syn. -- genus Alpinia, genus Zerumbet, genus Languas. [ WordNet 1.5 ]