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Definition of Jungle

1. Noun. A location marked by an intense competition and struggle for survival.

2. Noun. A place where hoboes camp.

3. Noun. An impenetrable equatorial forest.

Definition of Jungle

1. n. A dense growth of brushwood, grasses, reeds, vines, etc.; an almost impenetrable thicket of trees, canes, and reedy vegetation, as in India, Africa, Australia, and Brazil.

Definition of Jungle

1. Noun. A large, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, that is home to many wild plants and animals. ¹

2. Noun. (colloquial) A place where people behave ruthlessly, unconstrained by law or morality. ¹

3. Noun. (slang) An area where hobos camp together. ¹

4. Noun. A style of electronic music related to drum and bass. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jungle

1. land covered with dense tropical vegetation [n -S] : JUNGLED [adj]

Medical Definition of Jungle

1. A dense growth of brushwood, grasses, reeds, vines, etc.; an almost impenetrable thicket of trees, canes, and reedy vegetation, as in India, Africa, Australia, and Brazil. (Fig) 2. A place of danger or ruthless competition for survival. "It's a jungle out there" 3. Anything which causes difficulty due to intricacy; as a jungle of environmental regulations. (MW10) "The jungles of India are of bamboos, canes, and other palms, very difficult to penetrate." (Balfour (Cyc. Of India)) Jungle bear Any wild species of the genus Gallus, of which several species inhabit India and the adjacent islands; as, the fork-tailed jungle fowl (G. Varius) of Java, G. Stanleyi of Ceylon, and G. Bankiva of India. The latter, which resembles the domestic gamecock, is supposed to be one of the original species from which the domestic fowl was derived. An Australian grallatorial bird (Megapodius tumulus) which is allied to the brush turkey, and, like the latter, lays its eggs in mounds of vegetable matter, where they are hatched by the heat produced by decomposition. Origin: Hind. Jangal desert, forest, jungle; Skr. Jagala desert. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jungle

junctureless junctures juncuses june juneating juneatings juneberry juneberry holly jungermannia jungermanniaceous

jungermannias jungian jungian theory jungite jungle (current term) jungle bunnies jungle bunny jungle cat jungle cock jungle fever

jungle fowl jungle gym jungle hen jungle nymph jungle rot jungle telegraph jungle telegraphs jungle yellow fever jungled

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