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hylea

hylea noun: tropical rainforest, especially that of the Amazon.

Noun

hylea (uncountable)

  1. Tropical rainforest, especially that of the Amazon.

Origin of hylea

Coined by Alexander von Humboldt.

Questions about hylea

What does hylea mean?
Hylea means tropical rainforest, especially that of the Amazon.
What part of speech is hylea?
Hylea is a noun.

Words near hylea in the dictionary

  1. Hylands
  2. hylarchic
  3. hylarchical
  4. hylas
  5. hyle
  6. hylea
  7. hyleg
  8. hylegiacal
  9. hylegical
  10. hylegs
  11. Hyler

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