Selva
noun
1.
a tropical rain forest, as that in the Amazon basin of South America.
noun
1.
dense equatorial forest, esp in the Amazon basin, characterized by tall broad-leaved evergreen trees, epiphytes, lianas, etc
2.
a tract of such forest
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