Dryad

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  • noun. A divinity presiding over forests and trees; a wood nymph.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In mythology, a deity or nymph of the woods; a nymph supposed to reside in trees or preside over woods. See hamadryad.
  • noun. In zoology, a kind of dormouse, Myoxus dryas.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A wood nymph; a nymph whose life was bound up with that of her tree.
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  • noun. In Greek myth, a female tree spirit.
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  • noun. a deity or nymph of the woods
    • Word Usage
    "A fat middle-aged dryad is a dreadful sight, I always think."
    cross-reference
    Daphne  Meliai  hamadryad  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Gnostic  awayfrom  duad  faun  fay  
    variant
    dryades  
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