Thesaurus: sylvan

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1. a. Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic.
2. a. Abounding in forests or in trees; woody.
3. a. A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic.
4. n. A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood; -- called also methyl tetrol, or methyl furfuran.
5. adj. relating to or characteristic of wooded regions
6. n. a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods
7. 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. 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. A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood; -- called also methyl tetrol, or methyl furfuran.
8. A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, arustic.Her private orchards, walled on every side, To lawless sylvans allaccess denied. Pope.
9. j:100 n. a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods s. relating to or characteristic of wooded regions