sylvan Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods
    silvan.
  2. adjective satellite relating to or characteristic of wooded regions
    silvan.
    • a shady sylvan glade

WordNet

Syl"van adjective
Etymology
See Silvan, a.
Definitions
  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 noun
Etymology
L. Sylvanus, better Silvanus. See Silvan, a.
Definitions
  1. 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 noun
Etymology
Sylva + furfuran.
Definitions
  1. (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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