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tropical rainforest Translationstropical rainforest
tropical rainforest[′träp·ə·kəl ′rān‚fär·əst] (ecology) A vegetation class consisting of tall, close-growing trees, their columnar trunks more or less unbranched in the lower two-thirds, and forming a spreading and frequently flat crown; occurs in areas of high temperature and high rainfall. Also known as hylaea; selva. |