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]

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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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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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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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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