Sylvan

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Silvan \Sil"van\, a. [L. silva, less correctly sylva, a wood or grove, perh. akin to Gr. "y`lh; cf. L. Silvanus Silvanus the god of woods: cf. F. sylvain silvan. Cf. Savage.]

Of or pertaining to woods; composed of woods or groves; woody. [Written also sylvan.]

[1913 Webster]

Betwixt two rows of rocks, a silvan scene Appears above, and groves forever green. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Sylvan \Syl"van\, a. [See Silvan, a.]

1. Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic. [1913 Webster]

The traditional memory of a rural and a sylvan region . . . is usually exact as well as tenacious. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]

2. Abounding in forests or in trees; woody. [1913 Webster]

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Sylvan \Syl"van\, n. [L. Sylvanus, better Silvanus. See Silvan, a.]

A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic. [1913 Webster]

Her private orchards, walled on every side, To lawless sylvans all access denied. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

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Sylvan \Syl"van\, n. [Sylva + furfuran.]

(Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood; -- called also methyl tetrol, or methyl furfuran. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

32 Moby Thesaurus words for "sylvan": afforestational, arboreous, back, back of beyond, back-country, backwood, backwoods, backwoodsy, bosky, braky, bushy, copsy, dendrologic, forest, forestal, forested, hinterland, outback, reforestational, scrubby, shrubby, silvicultural, timbered, up-country, virgin, waste, wild, wilderness, wooded, woodland, woodsy, woody

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sylvan adj : relating to or characteristic of wooded regions; "a shady sylvan glade" [syn: silvan]

noun

a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods [syn: silvan]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Silvan \Sil"van\, a. [L. silva, less correctly sylva, a wood or grove, perh. akin to Gr. "y`lh; cf. L. Silvanus Silvanus the god of woods: cf. F. sylvain silvan. Cf. Savage.]

Of or pertaining to woods; composed of woods or groves; woody. [Written also sylvan.]

Betwixt two rows of rocks, a silvan scene Appears above, and groves forever green. --Dryden.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Sylvan \Syl"van\, a. [See Silvan, a.]

1. Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic.

The traditional memory of a rural and a sylvan region . . . is usually exact as well as tenacious. --De Quincey.

2. Abounding in forests or in trees; woody.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Sylvan \Syl"van\, n. [L. Sylvanus, better Silvanus. See Silvan, a.]

A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic.

Her private orchards, walled on every side, To lawless sylvans all access denied. --Pope.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Sylvan \Syl"van\, n. [Sylva + furfuran.]

(Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood; -- called also methyl tetrol, or methyl furfuran.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)