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

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

Crux fidelis, inter omnes Arbor una nobilis, Nulla silva talem profert Fronde, flore, germine.

From Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies by Goepp, Philip H.

Thus the silva of the lower slopes is highly varied.

From The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier' by Williams, John H. (John Harvey)