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Webster 1913 Edition

Sylva

‖

Syl′va

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Sylvae

(#)

.

[L.

sylva

, better

silva

, a wood. See

.]

(Bot.)

Same as

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sylva

SYL'VA

,

Noun.

[L. a wood or forest.] In poetry, a poetical piece composed in a start or kind of transport.

1.

A collection of poetical pieces of various kinds.