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Definition of Silva

1. Noun. The forest trees growing in a country or region.

Definition of Silva

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

Definition of Silva

1. Noun. (forestry) The forest trees of a particular area ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Silva

1. sylva [n -VAS or -VAE] - See also: sylva

Medical Definition of Silva

1. The forest trees of a region or country, considered collectively. A description or history of the forest trees of a country. Alternative forms: sylva. Origin: L, properly, a wood, forest Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Silva

Literary usage of Silva

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"It is equally true that any statements that may have been made by silva with ... [256] Yerington testifies that silva said he had been asking $15000 for the ..."

2. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1887)
"silva Portos Journey from Bilie (Hie) to the Bakul/a Country.* Map, p. 790. ... In 1852-3 Senhor silva Porto paid one of his frequent visits to the Barotse ..."

3. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"That de silva was known in Germany appears from the reception of an Italian ... Besides the works of silva in the collections of the time, there are two ..."

4. The Boston Directory (1862)
"Quincy silva Anna M. house 5 Battery silva Antoine, mariner, house 5 Battery silva Antoine, mariner, house 7 Battery • silva Antoine, mariner, ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The residence of the bishops of silva Candida was on the ínsula Tiberina beside the church of Sts. Adalbert and Paulinus, while that of the bishops of Porto ..."

6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The residence of the bishops of silva Candida was on the ínsula Tiberina beside the church of Sts. Adalbert and Paulinus, while that of the bishops of Porto ..."

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