sylva
1 Americannoun
noun
noun
Etymology
Origin of sylva
From Latin
Example Sentences
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He read of cities with silver walls and golden towers waiting on the discoverer, and of a river on whose banks "virescit sylva vitae."
From The Path of the King by Buchan, John
Had I been in the midst of a forest surrounded by a northern sylva, I could have made out my course.
From The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Reid, Mayne
The story of the country mouse, who must needs see the town, occurs forcibly to his recollection, and he exclaims aloud: "me sylva, cavusque Tutus ab insidiis tenui solabitur ervo."
From Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities by Surtees, Robert Smith
Such is the sylva that covers the alluvion of Louisiana.
From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne
As usual with the sylva, flora, and fauna, this also is found lowest along the coast, where it finds the requisite temperature and other essentials, with combined moisture.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 by Various
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