"jungly" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: junglier [comparative], jungliest [superlative]
Etymology: jungle + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|jungle|y}} jungle + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} jungly (comparative junglier, superlative jungliest)
  1. Overgrown with jungle.
    Sense id: en-jungly-en-adj-DYHbrUQA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y

Inflected forms

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