Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Silvan

Silvan , adjective

[Latin silva, less correctly sylva, a wood or grove, perh. akin to Greek "y`lh; compare Latin Silvanus Silvanus the god of woods: compare French sylvain silvan. Compare Savage.]

Of or pertaining to woods; composed of woods or groves; woody.
Betwixt two rows of rocks, a silvan scene Appears above, and groves forever green. — Dryden

Silvan , noun

(Old Chemistry) See Sylvanium. [Obsolete]