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.]
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Betwixt two rows of rocks, a silvan scene
Appears above, and groves forever green. --Dryden.
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Sylvan \Syl"van\, a. [See Silvan, a.]
1. Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural;
rustic.
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The traditional memory of a rural and a sylvan
region . . . is usually exact as well as tenacious.
--De Quincey.
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2. Abounding in forests or in trees; woody.
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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.
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Her private orchards, walled on every side,
To lawless sylvans all access denied. --Pope.
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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.
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sylvan
adj : relating to or characteristic of wooded regions; "a shady
sylvan glade" [syn: silvan]
n : a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods [syn: silvan]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Sylvan
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The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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