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dryad

noun
/ˈdɹaɪəd/

Etymology

From Old French driade (“wood nymph”), from Latin Dryas, Dryadis, from Ancient Greek Δρυάς (Druás, “dryad”), from δρῦς (drûs, “oak”), from Proto-Indo-European *derew(o)- (“tree, wood”); cf. Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”).

  1. derived from *derew(o)-✻
  2. derived from Δρυάς
  3. derived from Dryas, Dryadis
  4. derived from driade

Definitions

  1. A female tree spirit.

  2. mountain avens, dryas

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA