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A jungle is an undeveloped land area with thick trees, plants and brush, or is the thick tangle of brush and vegetation itself, or a situation that is highly competitive or risky. (noun)

An example of a jungle is a thick forest with lots of plants, trees and animals.
An example of a jungle is a cutthroat corporate boardroom.
An example of a jungle is a dense, tangled mess of blackberry bushes.

See jungle in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

land in a wet, tropical region, usually with large trees, dense underbrush, and a hot climate
any confused, tangled growth, collection, etc.
☆ Slang a hobos' camp
☆ Slang a place or situation in which people engage in ruthless competition or in a struggle for survival

Related Forms:

jungly adjective

See jungle in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(jŭngˈgəl)

noun

Land densely overgrown with tropical vegetation.
A dense thicket or growth.
A dense, confused mass; a jumble.
Something made up of many confused elements; a bewildering complex or maze: sorting through the jungle of regulations.
A place or milieu characterized by intense, often ruthless competition or struggle for survival: the corporate jungle.
Slang A place where hoboes camp.

Related Forms:

junˈgly (-glē) adjective

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