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JUNGLE A jungle is a rainforest or a forest whose canopy trees have been logged (cut), causing lush growth on the forest floor (also known as a secondary forest).	JUNIPER Junier is a conifer and a gymnosperm with blue, woody fruits and overlapping, scale-like leaves. Classification: division Coniferophyta, family Cupressaceae.
JURASSIC PERIOD Birds evolved and many dinosaurs flourished during the Jurassic period, 208-146 million years ago. Flowering plants appeared about 140 million years ago, during the late Jurassic period.	JUVENILE A juvenile plant is is in an early phase of plant growth in which it increases in size but has not yet flowered.