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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

S̆yl'va, n.

noun

n.; pl. S̆YL'VÆ. [Lat. sylva, silva, a wood or forest, a crowded mass, a quantity. Cf. SILVA.]

  1. The forest trees of any region or country.
  2. (Bot.) A work containing a botanical description of the forest trees of any region or country; as, Michaux's Sylva Americana.
  3. (Poet.) (a.) A poetical piece composed in a start, or kind of transport. (b.) A collection of poetical pieces of various kinds.