(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:07:45

Her*cyn"i*an (?), a. [L. Hercynia silva, Hercynius saltus, the Hercynian forest; cf. Gr. .]

Of or pertaining to an extensive forest in Germany, of which there are still portions in Swabia and the Hartz mountains.

 

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