Definition of Sylvan

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic.
  • (a.) Abounding in forests or in trees; woody.
  • (a.) A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic.
  • (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood; -- called also methyl tetrol, or methyl furfuran.

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