Found 2 items, similar to Sylvan.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sylvan sylvan adj : relating to or characteristic of wooded regions; “a shady sylvan glade” [syn: silvan] sylvan n : a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods [syn: silvan]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Sylvan Sylvan \Syl"van\, n. [L. Sylvanus, better Silvanus. See Silvan, a.] A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic. [1913 Webster] Her private orchards, walled on every side, To lawless sylvans all access denied. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Sylvan \Syl"van\, n. [Sylva + furfuran.] (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood; -- called also methyl tetrol , or methyl furfuran. [1913 Webster] Sylvan \Syl"van\, a. [See Silvan, a.] 1. Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic. [1913 Webster] The traditional memory of a rural and a sylvan region . . . is usually exact as well as tenacious. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster] 2. Abounding in forests or in trees; woody. [1913 Webster]