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Sylvan
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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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Part of speech: adjective (a.)
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.