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.
Syl"van , n. [L. Sylvanus, better
Silvanus. See Silvan, a.]
A fabled deity of the
wood; a satyr; a faun;
sometimes, a rustic.
Her private orchards, walled on every side,
To lawless sylvans all access denied.
Pope.
Syl"van (?), a. [See Silvan, a.]
1. Of or pertaining to a sylva;
forestlike; hence, rural; rustic.
The traditional memory of a rural and a
sylvan region . . .
is usually exact as well as tenacious.
De
Quincey. 2. Abounding in forests or in
trees; woody.
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