(n) Make of car stereo from a Japanese-based company From the name of the manufacturers of the top in-car speaker systems "Sit back and let the Alpine blast" -- Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (Summertime [1991])
(a) [geomorphology] - (adjective) Characteristic of, or resembling the European Alps, or any lofty mountain or mountain system, especially one so modified by intense glacial erosion as to contain cirques, horns, etc (ex alpine lake) GG; (b) (not recommended as a landform term) An ecological community term for high-elevation plant communities SW & GG
Alpines are small flowering plants that grow high up on mountains and are sometimes grown in gardens. There are many different types of alpines. relating to the Alps (=a mountain range in central Europe) or to mountains in general (alpinus, from Alpes )
living or growing above the timber line; "alpine flowers" relating to the Alps and their inhabitants; "Alpine countries, Switzerland, Italy, France, and Germany" relating to or characteristic of alps; "alpine sports