(n) the quality of weather that is deliciously mild and soothing, Syn. softness, Example:the day's heat faded into balminess; the climate had the softness of the south of France
(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 ]