silva

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The fans were devastated, had spent a fortune going to the games.. yet tevez and silva walked off pitch laughing and joking - suppose they were going to get their c200k for weeks work.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2012

In Latin silva is a wood but also the collection of raw materials needed for a building.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Domus mea silva est, lectus meus durus est.

From A Handbook for Latin Clubs by Paxson, Susan

Silvicola, from silva, woods and colo, to inhabit.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

The silva of the tropics contains many unknown trees, for there are still impenetrable tracts of forest.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen