Definition of rain forest
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: 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 rain forest
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The first known use of rain forest was in 1903
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