About The Word Sylvan
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Sylvan
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What's The Definition Of Sylvan?
[n] a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods
[adj] relating to or characteristic of wooded regions; "a shady sylvan glade" Synonyms | Synonyms for Sylvan: silvan | silvan | wooded Related Terms | Find terms related to Sylvan: See Also | disembodied spirit | spirit Sylvan In Webster's Dictionary \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.
\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. \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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