RAINFOREST Synonyms
There are 7 hypernyms of the word rainforest. (close relations)
Definition of RAINFOREST
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jungle | nounn | |||||||
noun • a location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival • a place where hoboes camp • an impenetrable equatorial forest | ||||||||
arboretum | nounn | |||||||
noun • a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition | ||||||||
bush | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • 43rd President of the United States; son of George Herbert Walker Bush (born in 1946) • a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems • a large wilderness area • United States electrical engineer who designed an early analogue computer and who led the scientific program of the United States during World War II (1890-1974) • dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes • vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924) • hair growing in the pubic area adjective satellite • not of the highest quality or sophistication verb • provide with a bushing | ||||||||
canopy | nounn | |||||||
noun • the transparent covering of an aircraft cockpit • the umbrellalike part of a parachute that fills with air • a covering (usually of cloth) that serves as a roof to shelter an area from the weather verb • cover with a canopy | ||||||||
copse | nounn | |||||||
noun • a dense growth of bushes | ||||||||
flora | nounn | |||||||
noun • all the plant life in a particular region or period • (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion | ||||||||
foliage | nounn | |||||||
noun • the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants • (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament | ||||||||
forest | nounn | |||||||
noun • the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area • land that is covered with trees and shrubs verb • establish a forest on previously unforested land | ||||||||
greenery | nounn | |||||||
noun • green foliage | ||||||||
grove | nounn | |||||||
noun • a small growth of trees without underbrush • garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth | ||||||||
plantation | nounn | |||||||
noun • a newly established colony (especially in the colonization of North America) • an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas) • garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth | ||||||||
thicket | nounn | |||||||
noun • a dense growth of bushes | ||||||||
vegetation | nounn | |||||||
noun • all the plant life in a particular region or period • the process of growth in plants • an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart) • inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life | ||||||||
wilderness | nounn | |||||||
noun • a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War • (politics) a state of disfavor • a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition • a bewildering profusion | ||||||||
wood | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • United States film actress (1938-1981) • the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees • the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area • English conductor (1869-1944) • any wind instrument other than the brass instruments • English writer of novels about murders and thefts and forgeries (1814-1887) • a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head • United States painter noted for works based on life in the Midwest (1892-1942) | ||||||||
woodland | nounn | |||||||
noun • land that is covered with trees and shrubs | ||||||||
botanicals | nounn | |||||||
adjective • of or relating to plants or botany noun • a drug made from part of a plant (as the bark or root or leaves) | ||||||||
rain forest | nounn | |||||||
noun • a forest with heavy annual rainfall |