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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Silvan \Sil"van\, adjective [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sylvan \Syl"van\, noun [L. Sylvanus, better Silvanus. See {Silvan}, adjective] 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sylvan \Syl"van\, noun [Sylva + furfuran.] (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood; -- called also {methyl tetrol}, or {methyl furfuran}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sylvan \Syl"van\, adjective [See {Silvan}, adjective]
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sylvan
adjective: relating to or characteristic of wooded regions; "a shady sylvan glade" [syn: {silvan}]
noun: a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods [syn: {silvan}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
Sylvan [Distributed language?]
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