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1. (n.) dryad
a nymph of the woods.

Etymology: (1545–55; < Gk Dryádes, pl. of Dryás, der. of drŷ(s) tree, oak)

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1. (noun) dryad, wood nymph
a deity or nymph of the woods

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1. (noun) dryad
a wood nymph; a nymph whose life was bound up with that of her tree

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