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sel⋅va

  [sel-vuh]
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–noun
a tropical rain forest, as that in the Amazon basin of South America.
Origin:
1840–50; < Brazilian Pg; Pg: forest < L silva
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sel·va   (sěl'və)   
n.  A dense tropical rain forest usually having a cloud cover, especially one in the Amazon Basin.

[Spanish, forest, from Latin silva.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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