"virgin forest" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: virgin forests [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} virgin forest (countable and uncountable, plural virgin forests)
  1. A forest which has not been subjected to human ecological disturbance. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Forests Related terms: old-growth forest, second-growth forest, primeval forest Translations (forest free from disturbance): 處女林 (Chinese Mandarin), 处女林 (chǔnǚlín) (Chinese Mandarin), 老林 (lǎolín) (Chinese Mandarin), praarbaro (Esperanto), neitseellinen metsä (Finnish), forêt vierge [feminine] (French), selva virxe [feminine] (Galician), Urwald [masculine] (German), őserdő (Hungarian), foresta vergine [feminine] (Italian), 原生林 (genseirin) (Japanese), 原始林 (genshirin) (Japanese), 処女林 (shojorin) (Japanese), 원시림 (wonsirim) (Korean), جنگل بکر (jangal-e bekr) (Persian), las dziewiczy [masculine] (Polish), floresta virgem [feminine] (Portuguese), mata virgem [feminine] (Portuguese), де́вственный лес (dévstvennyj les) [masculine] (Russian), selva virgen (Spanish), lantay na gubat (Tagalog), lubwagan (Tagalog)

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          "sense": "forest free from disturbance",
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      "sense": "forest free from disturbance",
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      "sense": "forest free from disturbance",
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      "word": "Urwald"
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      "sense": "forest free from disturbance",
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      "sense": "forest free from disturbance",
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      "word": "foresta vergine"
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      "word": "原生林"
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      "sense": "forest free from disturbance",
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      "sense": "forest free from disturbance",
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      "sense": "forest free from disturbance",
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      "sense": "forest free from disturbance",
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  "word": "virgin forest"
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