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.
Silvas \Sil"vas\or Selvas \Sel"vas\, n. pl. [L. silva a forest, Sp. selva.] Vast woodland plains of South America.
Usage examples of "silvas".
Mobile scions, which fed from special stomata rather than consuming their comrades, tended the silvas, cleaning up the environs, consuming and removing dead scions, preparing the soil and growing beds, and in general acting the role of expert gardeners.
Seldes Katne's crystal, he recalled from somewhere, had belonged to the wizard Gantre Silvas two hundred years ago—the slip of rune-inscribed silver around its base had been added by that mage to increase its receptive powers.
The children and the Silvas stood in the land behind the Silvas' house, watching.
The children and the Silvas stood in the land behind the Silvas’ house, watching.