rainforest
noun
rain·for·est
ˈrān-ˌfȯr-əst 
-ˌfär-
variants
or less commonly rain forest
plural rainforests also rain forests
1
: a tropical woodland with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches (254 centimeters) and marked by lofty broad-leaved evergreen trees forming a continuous canopy
called also tropical rainforest
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In animation, the winner was The Golden Butterfly (Zlatnata Peperutka), a Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, North Macedonia and Spain co-pro about a group of friends on a dazzling adventure in the Colombian rainforest.
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
The building has been transformed into an indoor rainforest inhabited by thousands of butterflies for guests to walk through.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025
International leaders will gather this November in the heart of the Amazon rainforest as Belém, Brazil, hosts COP30.
—Tarciana Medeiros, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Brazil harbors roughly half of the world's remaining jaguar population, with many roaming the country's dense Amazon rainforest and surrounding wetlands.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Bedtime finds us with A Young People’s History of the United States or Pam Muñoz Ryan’s The Dreamer, tracing young Pablo Neruda through rainforests and tempestuous seas.
—Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
Brazil contains about two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest and 20% of the world’s total biodiversity, according to the Rainforest Foundation US.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
In her pioneering studies in the lush rainforest of Tanzania’s Gombe Stream Game Reserve, now a national park, Goodall noted that the most successful chimp leaders were gentle, caring and familial.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Coster-Waldau travels to the Andean mountains, the Ganges River, the Ecuadorian rainforest, Paris and more.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
The building has been transformed into an indoor rainforest inhabited by thousands of butterflies for guests to walk through.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025
International leaders will gather this November in the heart of the Amazon rainforest as Belém, Brazil, hosts COP30.
—Tarciana Medeiros, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Brazil harbors roughly half of the world's remaining jaguar population, with many roaming the country's dense Amazon rainforest and surrounding wetlands.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Bedtime finds us with A Young People’s History of the United States or Pam Muñoz Ryan’s The Dreamer, tracing young Pablo Neruda through rainforests and tempestuous seas.
—Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
Brazil contains about two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest and 20% of the world’s total biodiversity, according to the Rainforest Foundation US.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
In her pioneering studies in the lush rainforest of Tanzania’s Gombe Stream Game Reserve, now a national park, Goodall noted that the most successful chimp leaders were gentle, caring and familial.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
Coster-Waldau travels to the Andean mountains, the Ganges River, the Ecuadorian rainforest, Paris and more.
—Giana Levy, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Rainforest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rainforest. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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