virgin forest

noun

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

Example Sentences

Half of a Keppler published on January 9, 1884, shows virgin forest, the other half a smoking industrial slagscape.

From The Daily Beast

The virgin forest, moreover, is one of the sanctuaries of Nature, where her mysteries are seldom profaned by man.

From Project Gutenberg

Fortunately for him, his horse had carried him into the middle of the virgin forest, where no one dreamed of pursuing him.

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I have brought you here, because, as you see, the virgin forest begins at the end of this platform.

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Clumps of the ferns, drawing closer together, served as the advanced guard of a gloomy virgin forest on the horizon.

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In the background, was virgin forest; pine, spruce and hemlock, locking their dark branches.

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