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sylvatic

American  
[sil-vat-ik] / sɪlˈvæt ɪk /

adjective

  1. sylvan.

sylvatic British  
/ sɪlˈvætɪk /

adjective

  1. Also: sylvestral.  growing, living, or occurring in a wood or beneath a tree

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Etymology

Origin of sylvatic

1650–60; < Latin silvāticus, equivalent to silv ( a ) silva + -āticus ( see -ate 1, -ic)

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