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noun
An optical phenomenon in which dew-covered waxy-leaved trees retroreflect beams of light, as from a vehicle's headlights.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From sylvan + shine, coined by in 1994 by Professor Alistair Fraser of Pennsylvania State University.
