sylva

[ sil-vuh ]

/ ˈsɪl və /

noun

silva.

Nearby words

Origin of sylva

From Latin

Sylva

[ sil-vuh; Romanian seel-vah ]

/ ˈsɪl və; Romanian ˈsil vɑ /

noun

Car·men

[kahr-muh n; Romanian kahr-men] /ˈkɑr mən; Romanian ˈkɑr mɛn/, pen name of Elizabeth, queen of Romania.

silva

or syl·va

[ sil-vuh ]

/ ˈsɪl və /

noun

the forest trees of a particular area.

a descriptive flora of forest trees.

Origin of silva

1840–50; < New Latin, special use of Latin silva woodland

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Examples from the Web for sylva

From the glance they had had of it, Karl had no doubt that its flora and sylva were exceedingly rich and varied.
The Plant Hunters|Mayne Reid
Thorn had speared a fish for Sylva with a stick he had sharpened by rubbing it on a crumbling rock.
Invasion|William Fitzgerald Jenkins
This cottonwood, which is now in fruit, is of a different species from any in Michaux's Sylva.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California|Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont
The Sylva showed on a radar-screen, but had not been near enough to be sighted direct.
Talents, Incorporated|William Fitzgerald Jenkins

The fruit was used for brewing what Evelyn in his Sylva, chap.
Springtime and Other Essays|Francis Darwin

British Dictionary definitions for sylva

sylva

silva

/ (ˈsɪlvə) /

noun plural -vas or -vae (-viː)

the trees growing in a particular region

Word Origin for sylva

C17: Latin silva a wood

silva

/ (ˈsɪlvə) /

noun

a variant spelling of sylva

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