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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

Hercynia

silva,

Hercynius

saltus, the Hercynian forest; cf. Gr. [GREEK] [GREEK].]

Of or pertaining to an extensive forest in Germany, of which there are still portions in Swabia and the Hartz mountains.

Adj.

[from Hercynia.] Denoting an extensive forest in Germany, the remains of which are now in Swabia.