Jungle

A jungle is land covered with dense vegetation, with the precise definition of the word varying considerably.

Read more about Jungle:  Jungle As Metaphor, Etymology

Famous quotes containing the word jungle:

    “It is always the moralists who do the most harm. Abortion is the logical outcome of civilization, only the jungle gives birth and moulders away as nature decrees. Man plans.”
    —Max Frisch (1911–1991)

    “There is something I have forgotten, some precious thing.
    I shall be seeking ornaments of ivory,
    I shall be dying for a jungle fruit.

    You do not hear, Bethesda.
    O still green water in a stagnant pool!”
    —Arna Bontemps (1902–1973)

    “This is not a jungle war, but a struggle for freedom on every front of human activity.”
    —Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)