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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Kids who loved CoComelon will enjoy accompanying Dora on her adventures through the rainforest.
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Kara Nesvig, Parents, 12 Apr. 2026
The Cleveland Botanical Garden's Glasshouse spotlights plants, insects, birds, and more from the spiny desert of Madagascar and the rainforest of Costa Rica.
—Ashlyn Ware, Midwest Living, 9 Apr. 2026
One of such projects is the Ferrograo railway project, which would transport commodities including corn and soybeans nearly 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) across the Amazon rainforest.
—ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
On a recent morning, Reginaldo Nunes Fonseca smoked cigarettes from the porch of his friend’s wooden shack, watching the rain come down hard in an area now known as Nova Conquista — New Conquest — where pristine rainforest in Brazil’s Amazon stood a year ago.
—Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Other areas prone to drought during El Niño include northern sections of South America (including parts of the Amazon rainforest), central and southern Africa and India.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
Northern permafrost, including in the Alaskan tundra, locks roughly 1 trillion metric tons of carbon in its top three meters of soil — about 10 times the amount of carbon in the entire Amazon rainforest, above and below the surface.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026
Indeed, the long tentacles of climate change now extend all the way into the dreary lives of dung beetles in the Amazon rainforest, a new study suggests.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2026
Deserts receive little rain; however, rainforests receive vast amounts by comparison.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
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Kara Nesvig, Parents, 12 Apr. 2026
The Cleveland Botanical Garden's Glasshouse spotlights plants, insects, birds, and more from the spiny desert of Madagascar and the rainforest of Costa Rica.
—Ashlyn Ware, Midwest Living, 9 Apr. 2026
One of such projects is the Ferrograo railway project, which would transport commodities including corn and soybeans nearly 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) across the Amazon rainforest.
—ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
On a recent morning, Reginaldo Nunes Fonseca smoked cigarettes from the porch of his friend’s wooden shack, watching the rain come down hard in an area now known as Nova Conquista — New Conquest — where pristine rainforest in Brazil’s Amazon stood a year ago.
—Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Other areas prone to drought during El Niño include northern sections of South America (including parts of the Amazon rainforest), central and southern Africa and India.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026
Northern permafrost, including in the Alaskan tundra, locks roughly 1 trillion metric tons of carbon in its top three meters of soil — about 10 times the amount of carbon in the entire Amazon rainforest, above and below the surface.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026
Indeed, the long tentacles of climate change now extend all the way into the dreary lives of dung beetles in the Amazon rainforest, a new study suggests.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2026
Deserts receive little rain; however, rainforests receive vast amounts by comparison.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
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