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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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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 hot and humid conditions inside have taken their toll on the building, which opened in 1848 and houses a tropical rainforest.

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

In Damaran Baru, which borders one of the richest expanses of tropical rainforest in Southeast Asia, many villagers rely on the forest for their livelihoods.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024

Especially on the northern slopes, tropical rainforest is well developed; this is replaced at about 1200 meters by cloud forest.

From A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico by Duellman, William E.

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