Definition of "sylva" []

• Variant of silva. (noun)

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• "The argumentum a sylva is a prevailing one with the slaveholder."
• "Hortus principis et domus ad delectationem facia, cum sylva, monte et piscina, vulgo la montagna: the prince's garden at"
• "Capilli retia Cupidinis, sylva caedua, in qua nidificat Cupido, sub cujus umbra amores mille modis se exercent."