'Sylvan' definitions:

Definition of 'sylvan'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Relating to or characteristic of wooded regions; "a shady sylvan glade" [syn: sylvan, silvan]
noun
A spirit that lives in or frequents the woods [syn: sylvan, silvan]

Definition of 'Sylvan'

From: GCIDE
  • Sylvan \Syl"van\, a. [See Silvan, a.]
  • 1. Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic. [1913 Webster]
  • The traditional memory of a rural and a sylvan region . . . is usually exact as well as tenacious. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Abounding in forests or in trees; woody. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Sylvan'

From: GCIDE
  • Sylvan \Syl"van\, n. [L. Sylvanus, better Silvanus. See Silvan, a.] A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic. [1913 Webster]
  • Her private orchards, walled on every side, To lawless sylvans all access denied. --Pope. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Sylvan'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'sylvan'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • Betwixt two rows of rocks, a silvan scene Appears above, and groves forever green. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'sylvan'

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