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Webster 1913 Edition

Silva

Sil′va

,

Noun.

;

pl. E.

Silvas

(#)

, L.

Silvae

.

[L., properly, a wood, forest.]

[Written also

sylva

.]

(Bot.)

(a)

The forest trees of a region or country, considered collectively.

(b)

A description or history of the forest trees of a country.