selva

sel·va

S0247300 (sĕl′və)n. A dense tropical rainforest usually having a cloud cover, especially one in the Amazon Basin.

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[Spanish, forest, from Latin silva.]

selva

(ˈsɛlvə) n1. (Physical Geography) dense equatorial forest, esp in the Amazon basin, characterized by tall broad-leaved evergreen trees, epiphytes, lianas, etc2. (Physical Geography) a tract of such forest[C19: from Spanish and Portuguese, from Latin silva forest]

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Noun

1.

selva - a rain forest in a tropical area tropical rain forestrain forest, rainforest - a forest with heavy annual rainfall

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сельва