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Definition of: sylva
(sil′və) noun plural ·vas or ·vae (-vē)
1. The forest trees, collectively, of a territory or region.
2. A treatise on forest trees, or a description or list of the forest trees of a certain region. Also spelled silva. [<L silva a forest]
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