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rain·for·est

or rain forest  (rān′fôr′ĭst, fŏr′-)
n.
A dense evergreen forest with a minimum annual rainfall of approximately 180 centimeters (71 inches). Rainforests are found chiefly in the tropics but also occur in temperate regions, where the rainfall amount is somewhat lower.
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rainforest

(ˈreɪnˌfɒrɪst)
n
(Forestry) 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 trees, which form a canopy). Also called: selva
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rainforest

An area of dense tropical evergreen forest with a very heavy annual rainfall.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.rainforest - a forest with heavy annual rainfallrainforest - a forest with heavy annual rainfall
forest, woods, wood - the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
temperate rain forest - a rain forest in a temperate area
selva, tropical rain forest - a rain forest in a tropical area
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Translations
deštný pralesdeštný les
regnskov
sademetsä
prašuma
熱帯雨林
열대 우림
regnskog
ป่าหนาทึบในเขตร้อนซึ่งมีฝนตกมาก
rừng rậm nhiệt đới

rainforest

[ˈreɪnfɒrɪst]
nforêt f pluviale
modif [canopy, conservation, species, trees] → de la forêt pluvialerain gauge npluviomètre m
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rainforest

[ˈreɪnˌfɒrɪst] nforesta pluviale or equatoriale
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

rainforest

غَابَةٌ مُطِيرَة deštný prales regnskov Regenwald τροπικό δάσος selva tropical sademetsä forêt tropicale prašuma foresta pluviale 熱帯雨林 열대 우림 regenwoud regnskog las tropikalny floresta tropical тропический лес regnskog ป่าหนาทึบในเขตร้อนซึ่งมีฝนตกมาก yağmur ormanı rừng rậm nhiệt đới 雨林
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"Even though you've sprayed (the crop), blight will be spreading through the lower canopy and you'll come back in a week and it can have gone through 20% of the foliage.
For example nests of forest interior (i.e., Acadian flycatcher) and woodland generalist species (i.e., bluegray gnatcatcher, Eastern wood-pewee, summer tanager) were typically found in areas with greater canopy cover, whereas early successional species (i.e., field sparrow, indigo bunting, prairie warbler, and yellow-breasted chat) were in areas with lower canopy cover and greater shrub cover.
Crown reduction and lower canopy to be lifted to 2x Cherry trees (T1, T2) and 1x Hawthorn tree (T3) (Conservation Area Notice).
For example, light is first captured by the leaves of PFTs in the upper canopy (trees) and therefore less light is available to the lower canopy (grasses).
The increase in light availability in disturbed forests understories, as a consequence of the lower canopy height and gaps, causes physiological and morphological responses to the understory species (Ishii and Asano, 2010), which might involve a reduction in their SLA.
However, there was more shading-related lower canopy dieback in the pruned treatments than in the unpruned treatments.
Furthermore, the lower canopy may present higher humidities and lower temperatures (Rao et al.
They determined that, in pecan trees that did not receive fungicide, the disease was most severe in the lower canopy and least severe at the top of the tree.
The species is found in Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela, living in the lower canopy of the forest and feeding mostly on fruits, but also eats nuts, seeds and insects.
The points near the origin correspond to small trees that were present in the lower canopy stories.
Fungicide deposition on soybean in the conditions evaluated was 65% greater on the upper canopy than on the lower canopy. The addition of adjuvants reduced rust severity in comparison with the fungicide alone.