conserve
Wilderness where human development is prohibited.
Other meanings
A jam or thick syrup made from fruit.
A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar.
Synonyms
- preserve
- preserves
Related words
- conservancy
- conserveness
- hyperconserve
- reconserve
- nonconserving
- unconserving
- conservative
- conservatory
- conserved sequence
Word history
From Latin "conservare" (to keep, preserve).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “conserve” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.