n.1 a land overgrown with underwood or tangled vegetation, esp. in the tropics. b an area of such land.
2 a wild tangled mass.
3 a place of bewildering complexity or confusion, or of a struggle for survival (blackboard jungle).
Phrases and idioms:
jungle fever a severe form of malaria. law of the jungle a state of ruthless competition.
Derivatives:
jungled adj. jungly adj.
Etymology: Hindi jangal f. Skr. jangala desert, forest