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rainforest
[ reyn-fawr-ist, ‐-for‐ ]
noun
- a tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall.
rainforest
/ ˈreɪnˌfɒrɪst /
noun
- dense forest found in tropical areas of heavy rainfall. The trees are broad-leaved and evergreen, and the vegetation tends to grow in three layers (undergrowth, intermediate trees and shrubs, and very tall trees, which form a canopy) Also calledselva
rainforest
/ rān′fôr′ĭst /
- A dense evergreen forest with an annual rainfall of at least 406 cm (160 inches).
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Origin of rainforest1
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Example Sentences
He could be remade into a defender of the environment, a preserver of habitats and champion of rainforest ecology.
One of their more memorable ones supported the Rainforest Action Network in 1988 at Madison Square Garden.
This little slice of anarchy is a 24-hour bus ride from Panama City, with plenty of rainforest-y scenery along the way.
To make room for these plantations, vast areas of rainforest are felled, which leads to primary and secondary loss of species.
The anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss saw the Amazon rainforest, as he saw most things, as a complex structure.
In the dry season the river was clear; it is surrounded by rainforest.
Specimens were obtained in rainforest in the immediate vicinity of the settlement.
Specimens were obtained in the rainforest and in cleared areas in the immediate vicinity of the town.
Obviously, the diversity of ecological niches in the rainforest is sufficient to support a variety of related species.
From the examples discussed above, the importance of the three dimensional aspect of the rainforest is apparent.
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