silva
Americannoun
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the forest trees of a particular area.
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a descriptive flora of forest trees.
noun
Etymology
Origin of silva
1840–50; < New Latin, special use of Latin silva woodland
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The fans were devastated, had spent a fortune going to the games.. yet tevez and silva walked off pitch laughing and joking - suppose they were going to get their c200k for weeks work.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2012
In Latin silva is a wood but also the collection of raw materials needed for a building.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
The last half of the name is probably the Latin silva.
From Somerset by G. W. Wade
Sometimes v becomes u; as,— silua for silva; dissoluō for dissolvō.
From New Latin Grammar by Charles E. (Charles Edwin) Bennett
It is a moonlit plain compared with the "silva oscura" of the "Divina Commedia".
From Life of Robert Browning by William Sharp
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