Sylvan Synonyms & Definitions

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• SylvanDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (a.) Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic.
2. (a.) Abounding in forests or in trees; woody.
3. (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood; -- called also methyl tetrol, or methyl furfuran.
4. (a.) A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic.

• SylvaniteDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) A telluride of gold and silver, (Au, Ag)Te2, of a steel gray, silver white, or brass yellow. It often occurs in implanted crystals resembling written characters, and hence is called graphic tellurium. H., 1.5-2. Sp.gr., 7.9-8.3.
2. (n.) A mineral, a telluride of gold and silver, of a steel-gray, silver-white, or brass-yellow color. It often occurs in implanted crystals resembling written characters, and hence is called graphic tellurium.