rain forest
1rain forest — rain ,forest noun count or uncount * a forest in a tropical region of the world where it rains a lot. Rain forests are considered to be important environmental areas and many people want them to be protected by law: the Amazon rain forest areas… …
2rain forest — rain .forest rain|for|est [ˈreınfɔrıst US fo: , fa: ] n [U and C] a tropical forest with tall trees that are very close together, growing in an area where it rains a lot ▪ the destruction of the rain forest …
3rain forest — n. a dense, evergreen forest having abundant rainfall throughout the year: also written rainforest n …
4rain forest — (n.) 1899, apparently a loan translation of Ger. Regenwald, coined by A.F.W. Schimper for his 1898 work Pflanzengeographie …
5rain forest — noun a forest with heavy annual rainfall • Syn: ↑rainforest • Hypernyms: ↑forest, ↑wood, ↑woods • Hyponyms: ↑temperate rain forest, ↑tropical rain forest, ↑ …
6rain forest — noun Date: 1903 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 rain forest 2. temperate rain forest …
7rain forest — noun (C) a tropical forest with tall trees that are very close together, growing in an area where it rains a lot: environmental groups campaigning against the destruction of the rain forest …
8Rain Forest Adventure Lodge — (Carrillo,Коста Рика) Категория отеля: Адрес: 5 km después del puente d …
9rain forest — rain′ for est or rain′for est n. ecl a tropical forest, usu. of tall, densely growing, broad leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall • Etymology: 1900–05 …
10Rain Forest Shrew — Taxobox name = Rain Forest Shrew status = DD | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Soricomorpha familia = Soricidae genus = Sylvisorex species = S. pluvialis binomial = Sylvisorex pluvialis… …
