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• Rainforest

  noun 1. a tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall. /ˈreɪnˌfɒrɪst/ noun 1. dense forest found in tropical areas of heavy rainfall. The trees are broad-leaved and evergreen, and the vegetation tends to grow in three layers (undergrowth, intermediate trees and shrubs, and very tall […]

• Rain-forest

  noun 1. a tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall. n. 1899, apparently a loan-translation of German Regenwald, coined by A.F.W. Schimper for his 1898 work “Pflanzengeographie.”

• Rain-frog

  noun, Chiefly Southern U.S. 1. a tree frog, especially a spring peeper.

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  noun 1. an instrument for measuring rainfall. noun 1. an instrument for measuring rainfall or snowfall, consisting of a cylinder covered by a funnel-like lid Also called pluviometer

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