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 the highlands of the southern Amazon rainforest, the heavy rainfall creates the headwaters of a vast river system, connecting the deepest reaches of the forest through water.
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 22 May 2024
Imagine that you’re sent to a pristine rainforest to carry out a wildlife census.
—Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 16 May 2024
In the nearly three decades since, the 39-year-old geologist has trekked into dozens of caves around the world: on islands in the Atlantic Ocean, inside glacier mills in the Alps, beneath the forest floor of the Amazon rainforest.
—Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024
Step off London’s bustling Berkeley Street and into a reception entrance where you are immediately shielded under a living, breathing chandelier — or rather, a sprawling dome canopy of rainforest moss.
—Stacey Wreathall and Dafydd Gwyon, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2024
Much of the Amazon rainforest is in danger of becoming a savannah, for example.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 14 May 2024
About a fifth of the great rainforest is already gone.
—Manuela Andreoni Victor Moriyama, New York Times, 2 May 2024
The children survived for 40 days in the deep Amazonian rainforest using their Indigenous knowledge of the jungle and the daring national effort to rescue them.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 9 May 2024
Other entities estimate that up to 179,000 jaguars roam the mountains, rainforests and grasslands in the Americas.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 9 May 2024
Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 22 May 2024
Imagine that you’re sent to a pristine rainforest to carry out a wildlife census.
—Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 16 May 2024
In the nearly three decades since, the 39-year-old geologist has trekked into dozens of caves around the world: on islands in the Atlantic Ocean, inside glacier mills in the Alps, beneath the forest floor of the Amazon rainforest.
—Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024
Step off London’s bustling Berkeley Street and into a reception entrance where you are immediately shielded under a living, breathing chandelier — or rather, a sprawling dome canopy of rainforest moss.
—Stacey Wreathall and Dafydd Gwyon, Travel + Leisure, 15 May 2024
Much of the Amazon rainforest is in danger of becoming a savannah, for example.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 14 May 2024
About a fifth of the great rainforest is already gone.
—Manuela Andreoni Victor Moriyama, New York Times, 2 May 2024
The children survived for 40 days in the deep Amazonian rainforest using their Indigenous knowledge of the jungle and the daring national effort to rescue them.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 9 May 2024
Other entities estimate that up to 179,000 jaguars roam the mountains, rainforests and grasslands in the Americas.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 9 May 2024
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“Rainforest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rainforest. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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