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dryade

dryade is the obsolete form of dryad.

Meaning of dryad

Noun

dryad (plural dryads)

  1. (Greek) A female tree spirit; a woodnymph or tree nymph.
    • No Dryads sought to avert the fate of their kindred trees - no Nereides sported on the waves.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 234
  2. Any of the dryas plants, especially the plant mountain avens.

Forms of dryade

pluraldryades

Questions about dryade

What is dryade the obsolete form of?
Dryade is the obsolete form of dryad.

Words near dryade in the dictionary

  1. dry-weather tyre
  2. dry-weather tyres
  3. dryable
  4. dryad
  5. dryadaceous
  6. dryade
  7. dryades
  8. dryadic
  9. dryads
  10. dryandra
  11. dryandras

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