temperate rainforest

noun

variants or less commonly temperate rain forest

plural temperate rainforests also temperate rain forests

: woodland of a usually rather mild climatic area within the temperate zone that receives heavy rainfall, usually includes numerous kinds of trees, and is distinguished from a tropical rainforest especially by the presence of a dominant tree

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for temperate rainforest

• aorist
• deforest
• folklorist
• chorused
• forest
• sorest

Kids Definition

temperate rain forest

noun

: woodland that has a temperate climate with heavy rainfall and that usually includes numerous kinds of trees but differs from a tropical rain forest in having one or two very common major trees