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  1. 1. a. Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Abounding in forests or in trees; woody. Source: opted
  3. 3. a. A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood; -- called also methyl tetrol, or methyl furfuran. Source: opted
  5. 5. adj. relating to or characteristic of wooded regions Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods Source: wordnet
  7. 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. Source: webster
  8. 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. Source: adambom
  9. 9. j:100 n. a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods s. relating to or characteristic of wooded regions Source: ecdict

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