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rain forest
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
rain forest
(noun)
tropical rain forest
(noun)
rain forest
noun
plural
rain forests
rain forest
noun
plural
rain forests
Britannica Dictionary definition of RAIN FOREST
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a tropical forest that receives a lot of rain and that has very tall trees
the Amazon
rain forest
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tropical rain forest
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