MEANING
A forest, often mountainous and tropical, with frequent low cloud or fog supplying persistent moisture.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- montane cloud forest
- misty cloud forest
On the page
The cloud forest dripped long after the rain had stopped.
A path vanished into the misty cloud forest above the plantation.
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- cloud forest
Usage notes
Primary category: environment. Forms: Singular cloud forest; plural cloud forests. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
Practice this word in a sentenceYour margin notes
Keep a thought for later. Sign in to save privately.