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jun·gle  (j  ng  g  l) KEY 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.
ETYMOLOGY:Ultimately from Sanskrit ja galam, desert, wasteland, uncultivated area, from jagala-, desert, wasteOTHER FORMS:jungly (-gl  ) KEY (Adjective)
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