[f. L. silva, SYLVA + -ics: see -IC 2.] The scientific study of the growth and life of forest trees, as a department of forestry.
1907. (April 17) U.S. Dept. Agric., Forest Service, Order No. 132. Silvics. [The title has been changed (April 17, 1913) to the ‘Office of Forest Investigations.’]
