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railside plantations
Español: plantaciones a lo largo del ferrocarril
Portugués: plantações nas margens de estradas de ferro
rain forest
an evergreen forest associated with a climate characterized by continual high humidity and abundant rainfall (> 60 in or > 1524 mm per year) and a short or no dry season -note the term is commonly applied, in a restricted sense, to tropical forests with an annual rainfall > 80 in (> 2032 mm) and abundant epiphytes and climbers -see monsoon forest, montane

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rain shadow
an area to the leeward of a high land mass, particularly a mountain range, which receives less rain than would be expected had the high land mass not been upwind of it -note what the area receives is mainly the residue of orographic rain

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Source: Dictionary of Forestry (1998) published by the Society of American Foresters, 5400 Grosvenor Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814-2198. Not for furthe...
rainforest
an evergreen forest associated with a climate characterized by continual high humidity and abundant rainfall (> 60 in or > 1524 mm per year) and a short or no dry season -note the term is commonly applied, in a restricted sense, to tropical forests with an annual rainfall > 80 in (> 2032 mm) and abundant epiphytes and climbers -see monsoon forest, montane

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raios (madeira)
English: fusiform ray [definition]
English: fusiform ray [definition]
English: fusiform ray [definition]
Español: rayos
raíz axonomorfa
Deutsch: Senkwurzel
English: sinker root [definition]
Français: pivot secondaire [definition]
raiz fulcrea
raíz adventicia que brota del raigal de un árbol por encima del nivel del suelo, dando la impresión de que el árbol se sostiene sobre zancas; por ejemplo, los mangles del género Rhizophora
raiz fúlcrea
raíz adventicia que brota del raigal de un árbol por encima del nivel del suelo, dando la impresión de que el árbol se sostiene sobre zancas; por ejemplo, los mangles del género Rhizophora
raízes
English: Root [definition]
Español: raíces
raízes adventícias
English: adventitious roots
Español: raíces adventicias
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