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dryads

dryads is the plural 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.

Phrases with dryads

Questions about dryads

What is dryads the plural of?
Dryads is the plural of dryad.

Words near dryads in the dictionary

  1. dryad
  2. dryadaceous
  3. dryade
  4. dryades
  5. dryadic
  6. dryads
  7. dryandra
  8. dryandras
  9. dryas
  10. dryasdust
  11. dryasdusts

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