"wet season" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wet seasons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wet season (plural wet seasons)
  1. Especially in tropical regions, the part of the year when most of the rain falls. Categories (topical): Weather Synonyms: monsoon, monsoon season, rainy season

Inflected forms

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