jun·gle (j ng g l)n. 1. Land densely overgrown with tropical vegetation. 2. A dense thicket or growth. 3. A dense, confused mass; a jumble. 4. Something made up of many confused elements; a bewildering complex or maze: sorting through the jungle of regulations. 5. A place or milieu characterized by intense, often ruthless competition or struggle for survival: the corporate jungle. 6. Slang A place where hoboes camp. [Ultimately from Sanskrit ja  galam, desert, wasteland, uncultivated area, from jagala-, desert, waste.]jun gly (-gl ) adj. |
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| Adj. | 1. | jungly - overgrown with tropical vegetation wooded - covered with growing trees and bushes etc; "wooded land"; "a heavily wooded tract" |
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