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rain forest

NOUN
forest with heavy rainfall
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His photos of temperate rain forest in Wales reveal shapes, structures and colours that rival a coral reef.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2024

Old growth forests are certainly critically important keepers of habitats, but older forests, including rainforests like the Amazonian rain forest, are valuable primarily as carbon storage forests, not carbon sequestering forests.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023

Every rain forest we bulldoze for cattle and every open pit lithium mine we carve out to power our Teslas is hardly different than a Cordyceps fungus turning its host into a zombie.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2023

Two hundred pet shops, a dozen zoos and a good-sized rain forest all mixed together and turned up to 11 loud.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2023

Besides, Gregor had loved the rain forest exhibit, and the cafeteria with french fries shaped like dinosaurs.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins



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