Wilderness-area
noun
1.
a region whose natural growth is protected by legislation and whose recreational and industrial use is restricted.
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adjective, wilder, wildest. 1. living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated: a wild animal; wild geese. 2. growing or produced without cultivation or the care of humans, as plants, flowers, fruit, or honey: wild cherries. 3. uncultivated, uninhabited, or waste: wild country. 4. uncivilized or barbarous: wild tribes. 5. of unrestrained violence, […]
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