Pluvial

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or relating to rain; rainy.
  • adj. Geology Marked or formed by abundant rainfall: pluvial periods; a pluvial lake.
  • n. Geology An extended period of abundant rainfall, especially such a period of the Pleistocene Epoch.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of, pertaining to, or produced by rain
  • adj. occurring through the action of rain
  • n. a rainy period
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to rain; rainy.
  • adj. Produced by the action of rain.
  • n. A priest's cope.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Rainy; humid: relating to rain; also, very rainy; characterized by great or extensive rainfall
  • In geology, depending on or arising from the action of rain.
  • n. Eccles., a cope: so called from its use in outdoor processions, etc., as a protection from the weather.
  • Word Usage
    "The northern parts of the hotspot in Ecuador and the Colombian Chocó are characterized by extremely wet or pluvial forests that receive eight meters of annual rainfall and have a diversity per hectare of as many as 300 tree species."
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    rainy   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    alluvial    fluvial