SYLVAN
\sˈɪlvən], \sˈɪlvən], \s_ˈɪ_l_v_ə_n]\
Definitions of SYLVAN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic.
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Abounding in forests or in trees; woody.
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A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic.
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A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood; -- called also methyl tetrol, or methyl furfuran.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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