Definition of Tropical rain forest

1. Noun. A rain forest in a tropical area.

Exact synonyms: Selva
Generic synonyms: Rain Forest, Rainforest

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tropical Rain Forest

tropical depression
tropical depressions
tropical diarrhoea
tropical disease
tropical diseases
tropical eczema
tropical eosinophilia
tropical geometry
tropical mask
tropical measles
tropical medicine
tropical myositis
tropical pitcher plant
tropical prawn
tropical pyomyositis
tropical rain forest (current term)
tropical rainforest
tropical sore
tropical splenomegaly
tropical splenomegaly syndrome
tropical sprue
tropical storm
tropical storms
tropical typhus
tropical ulcer
tropical year
tropical years
tropical zone
tropicalia
tropicalista

Literary usage of Tropical rain forest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"Distribution of the Tropical Rain-Forest. 2. General Character of the ... Tropical Rain-Forest in Asia. Vegetation and flora on the Gedeh and Salak in Java. ..."

2. Panama by Marc Rigole, Claude-Victor Langlois (2003)
"The tropical rain forest The tropical rain forest is very diverse in Panama, both on the Atlantic (Caribbean Sea) and the Pacific coasts, and even in the ..."

3. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War by Fredric Solomon (1986)
"... the tropical rain forest has the poorest prospect for recovery. Thus, this ecosystem has been identified as both highly sensitive to the effects of ..."

4. A Review of Dipterocarps: Taxonomy, Ecology, and Silviculture by Simmathiri Appanah, Jennifer M. Turnbull (1998)
"tropical rain forest ecology and management, 359-376. Blackwell, Oxford. Nicholson, DI 1960. Light requirements of seedlings of five species of ..."

5. Brazil by Anton Jakob, Fernanda Cordoeiro, Claus Jäke (1999)
"... they are found outside the tropics as well. eg. in northern Canada and southern Chile. The expression "tropical rain forest" refers to forests near the ..."

6. The US Virgin Islands Alive! by Harriet Greenberg, Douglas Greenberg (2006)
"In the northwest section of the island there is a tropical rain forest. It covers 15 acres, much of it private property. You can drive through part of the ..."

7. High School Geography, Physical, Economic and Regional by Charles Redway Dryer (1912)
"—tropical rain forest, Java. Monsoon Forests. — In some parts of the monsoon region of southeastern Asia the rainfall is more than 60 inches, ..."

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