virgin forest

virgin forest
A forest being more or less free from human ecological disturbance.

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  • virgin forest — first growth forest, forest that has never been logged by humans …   English contemporary dictionary

  • virgin forest — noun forest or woodland having a mature or overly mature ecosystem more or less uninfluenced by human activity • Syn: ↑old growth • Hypernyms: ↑forest, ↑wood, ↑woods * * * noun : old growth 1 …   Useful english dictionary

  • Cold River Virgin Forest — National Natural Landmarks …   Wikipedia

  • virgin — [vʉr′jən] n. [ME < OFr virgine < L virgo (gen. virginis), maiden: ? akin to virga, slender branch, twig, shoot] 1. a) a woman, esp. a young woman, who has never had sexual intercourse b) an unmarried girl or woman 2. a man, esp. a youth,… …   English World dictionary

  • virgin — ► NOUN 1) a person who has never had sexual intercourse. 2) (the Virgin) the Virgin Mary. 3) a person who is naive or inexperienced in a particular context: a political virgin. ► ADJECTIVE 1) being, relating to, or appropriate for a virgin. 2) no …   English terms dictionary

  • forest — Synonyms and related words: afforestation, afforestational, arboreous, arboretum, back country, backwoods, bed, boondock, boondocks, borderland, bosky, braky, broadcast, brush, bush, bush country, bushveld, bushy, chase, climax forest, cloud… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • Forest — This article is about a community of trees. For other uses, see Forest (disambiguation). A conifer forest in the Swiss Alps (National Park) …   Wikipedia

  • virgin — n. & adj. n. 1 a person (esp. a woman) who has never had sexual intercourse. 2 a (the Virgin) Christ s mother the Blessed Virgin Mary. b a picture or statue of the Virgin. 3 (the Virgin) the zodiacal sign or constellation Virgo. 4 colloq. a… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Virgin — n. & adj. n. 1 a person (esp. a woman) who has never had sexual intercourse. 2 a (the Virgin) Christ s mother the Blessed Virgin Mary. b a picture or statue of the Virgin. 3 (the Virgin) the zodiacal sign or constellation Virgo. 4 colloq. a… …   Useful english dictionary

  • forest — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ dense, thick ▪ impenetrable ▪ deep ▪ dark ▪ native, natural …   Collocations dictionary

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