rainforest

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

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

“Tropical rainforests in Australia have⟳ suffered a fate similar in many ways to that of rainforests elsewhere in the world, but considerable progress⟳ in safeguarding the future of what remains has been made.”

“Enjoy⟳ your visit⟳ to the rainforests, because the next time you go there things could be very different.”

“Some researchers worry⟳ that rainforests will soon reach⟳ a tipping point⟳ — a point⟳ of no return⟳ in which the once-lush forests transition to arid regions.”

“The Sentinelese hunt in the rainforest and fish⟳ in the coastal waters using spears, bows and arrows, as well as homemade narrow outrigger canoes, according to Survival International.”

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