cloud forest
noun
: a wet tropical mountain forest at an altitude usually between 3000 and 8000 feet (1000 and 2500 meters) that is characterized by a profusion of epiphytes and the presence of clouds even in the dry season
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In two referendums last year, voters chose to block mining in another cloud forest, and to stop oil production in part of the Amazon rainforest.
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Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 3 Nov. 2024
Amazon, a company known for its stinginess compared to other tech giants, built the Sphere project — essentially an indoor rainforest — at its Seattle headquarters, a three-building conservatory with 40,000 plants from cloud forest regions.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 25 Oct. 2024
From a transformative spa treatment in El Rio with a coffee grounds scrub to promote full body renewal to an in-room french press to enjoy the local coffee with views of the cloud forest, there is no wrong way to sip.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
In an area of formerly lush cloud forest known as Centinela devastated by clearing, Clark spotted a tiny, 2-inch-high (5-centimeter) plant with delicate white petals and spiky, iridescent leaves in 2022.
—Amanda Schupak, CNN, 13 June 2024
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Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 3 Nov. 2024
Amazon, a company known for its stinginess compared to other tech giants, built the Sphere project — essentially an indoor rainforest — at its Seattle headquarters, a three-building conservatory with 40,000 plants from cloud forest regions.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 25 Oct. 2024
From a transformative spa treatment in El Rio with a coffee grounds scrub to promote full body renewal to an in-room french press to enjoy the local coffee with views of the cloud forest, there is no wrong way to sip.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
In an area of formerly lush cloud forest known as Centinela devastated by clearing, Clark spotted a tiny, 2-inch-high (5-centimeter) plant with delicate white petals and spiky, iridescent leaves in 2022.
—Amanda Schupak, CNN, 13 June 2024
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“Cloud forest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cloud%20forest. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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