| sylva | Origin: L. Sylva, better silva, a wood. See Silva. <botany> Same as Silva. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| sylvan | 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. See: Silvan. 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) Origin: L. Sylvanus, better Silvanus. See Silvan. <chemistry> A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood. Synonym: methyl tetrol, or methyl furfuran. Origin: Sylva + furfuran. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sylvanite | <chemical> A mineral, a telluride of gold and silver, of a steel-gray, silver-white, or brass-yellow colour. It often occurs in implanted crystals resembling written characters, and hence is called graphic tellurium. Alternative forms: silvanite. Origin: So called from Transylvania, where it was first found. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sylvanium | <chemistry> An old name for tellurium. Alternative forms: silvanium. Origin: NL, so called from Transylvania, where it was first found. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sylvate | <chemistry> A salt of sylvic acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sylvatic | Occurring in or affecting wild animals. Origin: L. Silva, woods (05 Mar 2000) |
| sylvatic plague | Plague that is spread by ground squirrels and other wild rodents, for example, in the western portion of the united states. Sylvatic means pertaining to the woods (sylvan). (12 Dec 1998) |