noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An optical phenomenon in which dew-covered waxy-leaved trees retroreflect beams of light, as from a vehicle's headlights. rare, uncountable

Etymology

From sylvan + shine, coined by in 1994 by Professor Alistair Fraser of Pennsylvania State University.

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