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Forest trees
Answer for the clue "Forest trees ", 5 letters:
silva
Alternative clues for the word silva
Word definitions for silva in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the forest trees growing in a country or region [syn: sylva ] [also: silvae (pl)]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Silva is a Latvian feminine given name. The associated name day is October 11.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context forestry English) The forest trees of a particular area
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Silva \Sil"va\, n.; pl. E. Silvas , L. Silvae . [L., properly, a wood, forest.] [Written also sylva .] (Bot.) The forest trees of a region or country, considered collectively. A description or history of the forest trees of a country.
Usage examples of silva.
Anna was passing the Administration Building, Patsy Silva flagged her down.
Her mind flashed back to the day she and Stacy had confronted Tom Silva about the foreskin note.
Greeley was sitting at the break table in the maintenance shop along with Tom Silva and several other construction workers.
Tom Silva but he sat a little apart from the others quietly smoking his Marlboros.
Stanton materialized out of the shadows and began patting the incapacitated Silva down for weapons.
She let her brain empty and the thought floated up: Tom Silva had a key to the equipment yard.
Before he could question him, Silva had been let out on bail, paid not by Patsy but by Ted Greeley.
Only Tom Silva owned a good old-fashioned bubba truck complete with shovel and gun rack.
Jimmy and Stanton had regained the top of the dirt slope and on a three count began to haul Silva upward.
For a second she thought it was Silva breathing on his own, but it was Stanton.
What I want to know is where Silva was between getting bailed out of jail and getting killed.
But poor Silva, living in that vast castle with no one in whom she could confide!
I retired to my room and lighted my candles and the shadows began to form I remembered Silva, and it seemed to me that her spirit brooded over the dimly lit room.
I knew he was seeing pictures of Silva there with the pigeons or perhaps cradling some hurt animal in her arms while she discussed with him what should best be done.
I believed that if I could discover what had really happened to Silva I would have a key to the whole situation.