hercynian

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: Her=cyn=i=an

CIDE DICTIONARY

hercynian, 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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hercynian, adj. Geol. of a mountain-forming time in the E. hemisphere in the late Palaeozoic era.

Etymology

L Hercynia silva forested mountains of central Germany