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Is it blooming high? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alpine

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'high?' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

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(Other definitions for alpine that I've seen before include "Relating to high mountains" , "from Germany, Austria etc" , "Relating to a European mountain range" , "Native growing up in mountainous area" , "seen in rocky state?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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