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SELVA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does selva mean?
• SELVA (noun)
The noun SELVA has 1 sense:
1. a rain forest in a tropical area
Familiarity information: SELVA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rain forest in a tropical area
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
selva; tropical rain forest
Hypernyms ("selva" is a kind of...):
rain forest; rainforest (a forest with heavy annual rainfall)
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