silva
(redirected from sylvae)sil·va
also syl·va (sĭl′və)n. pl. sil·vas or sil·vae (-vē) also syl·vas or syl·vae
1. The trees or forests of a region.
2. A written work on the trees or forests of a region.
[Latin, forest.]
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silva
(ˈsɪlvə)n
(Botany) a variant spelling of sylva
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sil•va
or syl•va
(ˈsɪl və)n., pl. -vas.
the forest trees of a particular area.
[1840–50; < New Latin; Latin: woodland]
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Sylva, Silva
a collection of literary pieces or poems; a thesaurus of words or phrases, 1787; the trees of a particular region or period, collectively, 1846.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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| Noun | 1. | silva - the forest trees growing in a country or region |
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