silvae

Variant of silva

silva definition

silva (sil′və)

noun

  1. the forest trees of a certain area
  2. pl. silvas -·vas or silvae -·vae (-vē) a book or treatise describing the trees of a certain area

Etymology: ModL < L, forest, prob. < IE *(k)selwa-; akin to Gr xylon, wood

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