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   sylvan

   /ˈsɪlv(ə)n/

   adjective

   • 1. consisting of or associated with woods; wooded: literary "a sylvan glade"
   • ▪ pleasantly rural or pastoral: literary "vistas of sylvan charm"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (as a noun denoting an inhabitant of the woods): from French sylvain or Latin Silvanus ‘woodland deity’, from silva ‘a wood’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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