rainforest
noun
rain·for·est
ˈrān-ˌfȯr-əst 
-ˌfär-
variants
or less commonly rain forest
plural rainforests also rain forests
1
: a tropical woodland with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches (254 centimeters) and marked by lofty broad-leaved evergreen trees forming a continuous canopy
called also tropical rainforest
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Many have crossed the often deadly rainforest passage of the Darién Gap linking Colombia and Panama on their way to the United States.
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Jorge Valencia, NPR, 5 Jan. 2026
Visitors can make their way between a dazzling planetarium, an aquarium with live coral reefs, a natural history museum, and even an indoor rainforest dome populated by hundreds of tropical birds and butterflies.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2026
By providing the Kichwa additional education and alternative sources of income, they’re dissuaded from hunting the more incredible animals in the rainforest.
—Noah Lederman, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2026
The unprecedented move grants the native pollinators formal protection across large areas of rainforest and establishes a new legal precedent for insect conservation.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Dec. 2025
Brisbane, Australia — Along a nine-mile stretch of river between two waterfalls in the Australian rainforest lives a tiny fish that’s been there for millions of years, hiding between rocks along the riverbank by day and emerging at night to feed.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 27 Dec. 2025
That version, directed by Luis Llosa, focused more on thrills and chills, with a plot centered on a documentary crew that ventures into the Amazon rainforest to help a snake hunter (Voight) track down a legendary — and lethal — serpent.
—Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
Paul Rudd, Jack Black, Steve Zahn and Thandiwe Newton play childhood friends whose lives haven’t gone as planned, at least until Rudd’s Griff twists all their arms to finally pursue their adolescent dream of remaking 1997’s Anaconda in the Amazon rainforest.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 25 Dec. 2025
Her people live in Pandora’s rainforests, a land rich in unobtanium, the powerful natural resource (think mega-oil) humans are here to mine.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2025
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Jorge Valencia, NPR, 5 Jan. 2026
Visitors can make their way between a dazzling planetarium, an aquarium with live coral reefs, a natural history museum, and even an indoor rainforest dome populated by hundreds of tropical birds and butterflies.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2026
By providing the Kichwa additional education and alternative sources of income, they’re dissuaded from hunting the more incredible animals in the rainforest.
—Noah Lederman, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2026
The unprecedented move grants the native pollinators formal protection across large areas of rainforest and establishes a new legal precedent for insect conservation.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Dec. 2025
Brisbane, Australia — Along a nine-mile stretch of river between two waterfalls in the Australian rainforest lives a tiny fish that’s been there for millions of years, hiding between rocks along the riverbank by day and emerging at night to feed.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 27 Dec. 2025
That version, directed by Luis Llosa, focused more on thrills and chills, with a plot centered on a documentary crew that ventures into the Amazon rainforest to help a snake hunter (Voight) track down a legendary — and lethal — serpent.
—Jillian Sederholm, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
Paul Rudd, Jack Black, Steve Zahn and Thandiwe Newton play childhood friends whose lives haven’t gone as planned, at least until Rudd’s Griff twists all their arms to finally pursue their adolescent dream of remaking 1997’s Anaconda in the Amazon rainforest.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 25 Dec. 2025
Her people live in Pandora’s rainforests, a land rich in unobtanium, the powerful natural resource (think mega-oil) humans are here to mine.
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2025
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“Rainforest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rainforest. Accessed 6 Jan. 2026.
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