rainforest
noun
a tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall.
rain forest
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a variation of
rainforest.
Example Sentences
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The same area of seagrass can absorb 35 times the amount a tropical rain forest can.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Old growth forests are certainly critically important keepers of habitats, but older forests, including rainforests like the Amazonian rain forest, are valuable primarily as carbon storage forests, not carbon sequestering forests.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
Every rain forest we bulldoze for cattle and every open pit lithium mine we carve out to power our Teslas is hardly different than a Cordyceps fungus turning its host into a zombie.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2023
To look for these sites, the researchers found data gathered for other studies of biomass in the northern, central and southern regions of the Amazon rain forest.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 5, 2023
The strain of Ebola virus that had erupted near Washington went into hiding somewhere in the rain forest.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
