sylvan

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

sylvan
    adj 1: relating to or characteristic of wooded regions; "a shady
           sylvan glade" [syn: {sylvan}, {silvan}]
    n 1: a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods [syn:
         {sylvan}, {silvan}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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from 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.
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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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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Sylvan

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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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