noun
- a tropical forest, usually of tall, densely growing, broad-leaved evergreen trees in an area of high annual rainfall.
1899, apparently a loan-translation of German Regenwald, coined by A.F.W. Schimper for his 1898 work “Pflanzengeographie.”
noun
1899, apparently a loan-translation of German Regenwald, coined by A.F.W. Schimper for his 1898 work “Pflanzengeographie.”