What Does Silvicolous Mean?

: living in or inhabiting woodlands.

What is silvic?

Silvics is the term used for the characteristics that define the life history, growth, behavior and ecology of a tree species. It is often linked with silviculture, which is the application of silvics to the management of trees in order to enhance the reproduction, survival or growth of a specific tree species.

What does Hollowd mean?

1 : having an indentation or inward curve : concave, sunken hollow cheeks. 2 : having an unfilled or hollowed-out space within a hollow tree. 3 : lacking in real value, sincerity, or substance : false, meaningless hollow promises a victory over a weakling is hollow and without triumph— Ernest Beaglehole.