Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dense tropical rainforest usually having a cloud cover, especially one in the Amazon Basin.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In physical geography, naturally forested lands; especially, a forested plain in torrid South America.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Heavily forested ground in the Amazon basin.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a rain forest in a tropical area
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Angeli_, 3, 10, 15, 16, etc. _La selva d 'un luogo deserto del val di Spoleto_ (Carceri?), 4; _selva di Forano_, 42. _di
Life of St. Francis of Assisi Paul Sabatier 1893
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Don Octavio made it back to Guadalajara just fine having done his share to deforst the selva.
A Prison of the Mind 2009
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Don Octavio made it back to Guadalajara just fine having done his share to deforst the selva.
A Prison of the Mind 2009
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Don Octavio made it back to Guadalajara just fine having done his share to deforst the selva.
A Prison of the Mind 2009
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Don Octavio made it back to Guadalajara just fine having done his share to deforst the selva.
A Prison of the Mind 2009
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Don Octavio made it back to Guadalajara just fine having done his share to deforst the selva.
A Prison of the Mind 2009
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Don Octavio made it back to Guadalajara just fine having done his share to deforst the selva.
A Prison of the Mind 2009
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Don Octavio made it back to Guadalajara just fine having done his share to deforst the selva.
A Prison of the Mind 2009
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Don Octavio made it back to Guadalajara just fine having done his share to deforst the selva.
A Prison of the Mind 2009
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Terreno en la selva incluido en un importante proyecto ecológico avalado y protegido por SEMARNAT.
Ecological land for sale / Terreno ecol�gico en venta Playa del Carmen, Riviera Maya . Quintana R 2009
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