- (a.) Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic.
- (a.) Abounding in forests or in trees; woody.
- (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood; -- called also methyl tetrol or methyl furfuran.
- (a.) A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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