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Definition of Sylvan
Sylvan

Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic.

Abounding in forests or in trees; woody.

A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic.

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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Sylvan Translations

sylvan in German is waldig


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