selva — meaning in English
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English meaning
- forest noun A large area densely covered with trees.
- jungle noun A dense tropical forest thick with trees, vines, and wildlife.
- wilderness noun A wild, natural area with no human settlement or cultivation.
Senses
selva is used for these senses in English:
- forest A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.
- jungle A large, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, that is home to many wild plants and animals; a tropical rainforest.
- jungle (colloquial) A place where people behave ruthlessly, unconstrained by law or morality.
- wilderness (uncountable) Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or wild.
forest — full definition
- noun A large area densely covered with trees.
- verb To plant trees over an area.
jungle — full definition
- noun A dense tropical forest thick with trees, vines, and wildlife.
- noun A situation or environment seen as chaotic, cutthroat, or lawless.