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Meanings of virgin forest in English

Portuguese
floresta virgem

Forest or woodland having a mature or overly mature ecosystem more or less uninfluenced by human activity.

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        Usage of virgin forest in English
        1
        The peak overlooked virgin forest for as far as Kyle could see.
        Return of the Crimson Guard
        2
        The cabin seemed to expand into the virgin forest and the open plain.
        Nocturne
        3
        As a rule the virgin forest is exceedingly wasteful of ground.
        Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest / Protecting Existin...
        4
        This mountain covered with virgin forest is the property of the Living Buddha.
        Beasts, Men and Gods
        5
        He's still young enough to find the virgin forest congenial company.
        The Wheel of Life
        6
        It shows a section of virgin forest being systematically removed over a three-year period.
        BBC
        7
        The sun poured out its flood of summer upon a world of virgin forest.
        The Man in the Twilight
        8
        The whole country was one dense, Unbroken, and very damp and gloomy virgin forest.
        The Malay Archipelago, Volume 2 / The Land of the Orang-utan and...
        9
        Now we came to a stretch of perfect virgin forest.
        The Lake of the Sky / Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of Californ...
        10
        Only think of a virgin forest or prairie, after over-populated Belgium or finished England!
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 / A Mag...
        11
        It is a work of art, and was found in the virgin forest in digging.
        Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 2
        12
        Arrived at this part we were, in fact, in the heart of the virgin forest.
        The Naturalist on the River Amazons
        13
        This is a gem-emerald or turquoise as the light changes it-setin the virgin forest.
        The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 3
        14
        The way through the virgin forest was almost brief.
        The Triumph of John Kars: A Story of the Yukon
        15
        Singular instructions for men grappling with a virgin forest!
        Fort Amity
        16
        Behind him, to the east, the virgin forest rises to the serrated peaks of the Nevada.
        The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
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