sylva

¹

[ sil-vuh ]

noun

1. silva.

Sylva

²

[ sil-vuh; Romanian seel-vah ]

noun

1. Car·men [kahr, -m, uh, n, kahr, -men], pen name of Elizabeth, queen of Romania.

sylva

/ ˈsɪlvə /

noun

1. the trees growing in a particular region

Word History and Origins

Origin of sylva¹

From Latin

Word History and Origins

Origin of sylva¹

C17: Latin silva a wood

Example Sentences

When she began to publish her work, at the age of thirty-five, she asked a certain German writer to tell her the Latin word for "woods"; that gave her "sylva."

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The sylva was quite equal to anything they had witnessed on the Amazon; while the fauna—especially in quadrupeds and quadrumana—was far richer.

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From the glance they had had of it, Karl had no doubt that its flora and sylva were exceedingly rich and varied.

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Such is the sylva that covers the alluvion of Louisiana.

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Not a very scientific one, it is true; but in whatever way obtained, he possessed a respectable knowledge of flora and sylva, and evinced an aptitude for the study not inferior to Linneus himself.

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