different between rainforest vs iboga

English

Alternative forms

• rain forest

Etymology

From rain +? forest, a calque of German Regenwald.

Pronunciation

Noun

rainforest (countable and uncountable, plural rainforests)

1. A forest in a climate with high annual rainfall and no dry season.
   • 2002, Chris C. Park, Tropical Rainforests, page 27,

     Perhaps the most impressive expression of species diversity is the density of species found in a given area of rainforest.

   • 2004, Nigel E. Stork, 24: The Theory and Practice of Planning for Long-Term Conservation of Biodiversity of Wet Tropics Rainforests in Australia, Eldredge Bermingham, Christopher W. Dick, Craig Moritz (editors), Tropical Rainforests: Past, Present, and Future, page 508

     Tropical rainforests in Australia have suffered a fate similar in many ways to that of rainforests elsewhere in the world, but considerable progress in safeguarding the future of what remains has been made.

   • 2014, Nick Hunter, Rainforests, page 38,

     Enjoy your visit to the rainforests, because the next time you go there things could be very different.

Synonyms

• jungle, tropical forest

Translations

Anagrams

• Forsterian, rotiferans

English

Etymology

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Noun

iboga (uncountable)

1. Tabernanthe iboga, a perennial rainforest shrub and a source of the hallucinogen ibogaine.
   • 1985, Richard Alan Miller, The Magical and Ritual Use of Aphrodisiacs, page 41,

     The powdered bark (especially the root bark) of the iboga shrub is consumed by the natives of Gabon and part of the Congo in the initiation rites of a number of secret societies.

   • 2004, Chris D. Meletis, Jason E. Barker, Herbs and Nutrients for the Mind: A Guide to Natural Brain Enhancers, page 15,

     Native to Africa, Iboga has been used ceremonially as a hallucinogen. A powerful medicinal plant, Iboga has several pharmacological effects that have led it to be employed in the use of breaking addictive cycles, including tobacco and alcohol addiction.

   • 2009, Marlene Dobkin de Rios, The Psychedelic Journey of Marlene Dobkin de Rios, page 85,

     Under the influence of iboga, the Bwiti initiates are able to communicate directly with an assembly of dead ones—a chain of ancestors.

     The initiate falls to the ground in a stupor after drinking the iboga brew.

Derived terms

• ibogaine

Translations

References

• Tabernanthe iboga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tabernanthe iboga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Portuguese

Noun

iboga f (plural ibogas)

1. iboga (Tabernanthe iboga, a perennial rainforest shrub)