tropical rainforest

American  

[trahp-ik-uhl rayn-fawr-ist] / ˈtrɑp ɪk əl ˈreɪnˌfɔr ɪst /

noun

• tropical rainforests
  plural

1. Geography. dense, biodiverse forest in tropical latitudes where there is a high level of rainfall, such as in the Amazon River basin.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• subtropical rainforest
  noun

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• tropical rainforests
  plural

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Example Sentences

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tropical rainforest

Dr. Alvin Helden discovered the new species while conducting fieldwork in the tropical rainforest of Uganda.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2026

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had brushed off concerns about the location and highlighted the need to put the world's largest tropical rainforest at the center of the talks.

From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025

The planning permission for the project has now been submitted, and some of the plants that make up the indoor tropical rainforest have started to be relocated.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2025

But seagrass does it especially fast — at a rate 35 times that of tropical rainforest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2025

Its opposing face was a wall-size entertainment screen, now projecting a tropical rainforest with a high, flowing waterfall in the background.

From Oberheim (Voices) by Christopher Leadem

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