Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sylvan \Syl"van\, a. [See {Silvan}, 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.

Sylvan \Syl"van\, n. [L. Sylvanus, better Silvanus. See
   {Silvan}, a.]
   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.

Sylvan \Syl"van\, n. [Sylva + furfuran.] (Chem.)
   A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol)
   by the distillation of pine wood; -- called also {methyl
   tetrol}, or {methyl furfuran}.

Source : WordNet®

sylvan
     adj : relating to or characteristic of wooded regions; "a shady
           sylvan glade" [syn: {silvan}]

sylvan
     n : a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods [syn: {silvan}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Sylvan
     
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