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
Officials from Para State, northern Brazil, inspect a deforested area in the Amazon rain forest during surveillance in the municipality of Pacaja, 620 km from the capital Belem, on September 22, 2021.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2023
Some of those ancestors wandered toward the rain forest and present-day Congo and eventually gave rise to the okapi.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 19, 2023
But the Nhambiquara, cut off from society in the rain forest, weren’t aware of Rondon’s decision.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
