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virgin forest

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noun

  1. a forest in its natural state, before it has been explored or exploited by man

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Exhausted, with dark smudges across flushed cheeks, they watched Europe’s most destructive blaze in recent history advance through virgin forest across the hill.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2023

“There is no virgin forest left in Alexandria and Arlington,” said Brian.

From Washington Post • Jul. 5, 2022

Much of that was virgin forest, cut down by loggers and farmers who came after the road was built.

From BBC • May 18, 2022

Reaching up and pushing aside the last, dark green boughs, the 50-year-old finally pops his head through the emerald gloom of the virgin forest into the golden September sun of the Caucasus Mountains.

From National Geographic • Dec. 21, 2017

After that they had to make their way through the virgin forest as best they might.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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