Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Silva \Sil"va\, n.; pl. E. {Silvas}, L. {Silvae}. [L., properly,
   a wood, forest.] [Written also {sylva}.] (Bot.)
   (a) The forest trees of a region or country, considered
       collectively.
   (b) A description or history of the forest trees of a
       country.

Silvas \Sil"vas\or Selvas \Sel"vas\, n. pl. [L. silva a forest,
   Sp. selva.]
   Vast woodland plains of South America.