資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Sylvan \Syl"van\, n. [Sylva + furfuran.] (Chem.)
   A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran (tetrol)
   by the distillation of pine wood; -- called also {methyl
   tetrol}, or {methyl furfuran}.