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Rainforest

//ˈɹeɪn.fɒɹ.ɪst// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A forest in a climate with high annual rainfall and no dry season. countable, uncountable

    "Perhaps the most impressive expression of species diversity is the density of species found in a given area of rainforest."

  2. 2
    a forest with heavy annual rainfall wordnet

Etymology

From rain + forest, a calque of German Regenwald.

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