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)