silvatic

English

Etymology

From Latin silvāticus.

Adjective

silvatic (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of sylvatic.
    • 1899 October 26, “A Primer of Forestry. Part I. The Forest. By Gifford Pinchot. […]”, in The Nation, volume LXIX, number 1791, New York, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 323, column 3:
      The second chapter treats of the differences in the silvatic characters of trees, especially between “tolerant” trees, which flourish under more or less heavy shade in early youth, and “intolerant” trees, which demand a comparatively light cover, or even unrestricted light.
    • 1989, Henk Koop, “Nature Management”, in Forest Dynamics: SILVI-STAR: A Comprehensive Monitoring System, Berlin: Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, part D (The Potential of SILVI-STAR), chapter 12 (The Monitoring System as a Tool: Some Examples), page 172:
      The examples of Fontainebleau with 600 years of spontaneous forest dynamics has revealed the very long-term effect of clear-cuts upon generation changes of trees and development of the silvatic mosaic.
    • 1998, M[ichael] A[lexander] Miles, “New World trypanosomiasis”, in Leslie Collier, Albert Balows, Max Sussman, Francis E[dmund] G[abriel] Cox, Julius P[eter] Kreier, Derek Wakelin, editors, Topley & Wilson’s Microbiology and Microbial Infections, 9th edition, volume 5 (Parasitology), London: Arnold; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, Inc., →ISBN, part II (Protozoa), page 297, column 1:
      Silvatic bugs are widespread in the USA and T[rypanosoma] cruzi infections common in opossums, racoons and wood rats (Neotoma).
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