Word of the Day:
rainforest
What It Means
A forest in a climate with high annual rainfall and no dry season.
Rainforest in Context
“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.”
Did You Know?
From rain + forest, a calque of German Regenwald.
Source and license
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