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dryad
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun dryad has 1 sense
- dryad(n = noun.person) wood nymph - a deity or nymph of the woods; Array is a kind of nymph
has particulars: hamadryad
OXFORD DICTIONARY
dryad, n. Mythol. a nymph inhabiting a tree; a wood nymph.
Etymology
ME f. OF dryade f. L f. Gk druas -ados f. drus tree
ROGET THESAURUS
dryad
Jupiter
N Jupiter, god, goddess, heathen gods and goddesses, deva, Jupiter, Jove, pantheon, Allah, Bathala, Brahm, Brahma, Brahma, cloud-compeller, Devi, Durga, Kali, oread, the Great Spirit, Ushas, water nymph, wood nymph, Yama, Varuna, Zeus, Vishnu, Siva, Shiva, Krishna, Juggernath, Buddha, Isis, Osiris, Ra, Belus, Bel, Baal, Asteroth, Thor, Odin, Mumbo Jumbo, good genius, tutelary genius, demiurge, familiar, sibyl, fairy, fay, sylph, sylphid, Ariel, peri, nymph, nereid, dryad, seamaid, banshee, benshie, Ormuzd, Oberon, Mab, hamadryad, naiad, mermaid, kelpie, Ondine, nixie, sprite, denizens of the air, pixy, mythology, heathen-mythology, fairy-mythology, Lempriere, folklore, god-like, fairy-like, sylph-like, sylphic, you moonshine revelers and shades of night.
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