Sil″van (?), a. [L. silva, less correctly sylva, a wood or grove, perh. akin to Gr. ὕλη; cf. L. Silvanus Silvanus the god of woods: cf. F. sylvain silvan. Cf. Savage.] Of or pertaining to woods; composed of woods or groves; woody. [Written also sylvan.]
Betwixt two rows of rocks, a silvan scene
Appears above, and groves forever green. Dryden.