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silviculture

English

Etymology

From Latin silva (forest) + cult?ra (cultivation).

Noun

silviculture (countable and uncountable, plural silvicultures)

  1. The care and development of forests in order to obtain a product or provide a benefit; forestry.

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sylvan

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin sylvanus, possibly via Middle French sylvain, from Latin Silv?nus (Roman god of the woods), from silva (forest), from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *swel- (beam, board, frame, threshold). The ?y? in sylvanus and its descendants is due to influence from Ancient Greek ????? (h??l?, wood, matter), transliterated in the Latin style as hyle.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: s?l'v?n, IPA(key): /?s?lv?n/
  • Hyphenation: syl?van

Adjective

sylvan (comparative more sylvan, superlative most sylvan)

  1. Pertaining to the forest, or woodlands.
  2. Residing in a forest or wood.
  3. Wooded, or covered in forest.

Alternative forms

  • silvan

Synonyms

  • (of or like a forest): forestlike, foresty
  • (of or like a grove): grovy

Derived terms

  • anthrosylvan
  • sylvanite
  • sylvanshine

Related terms

Translations

See also

  • arboreal
  • nemorous

Noun

sylvan (plural sylvans)

  1. One who resides in the woods.
  2. A fabled deity of the wood; a faun, a satyr.

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