dryad
/ˈdrʌɪəd
/ /ˈdrʌɪad/noun
1(In folklore and Greek mythology) a nymph inhabiting a tree or wood.From the start, I have recognized the dryads and spirits in the many trees I regularly pass and interact with....
- They enter a beautiful meadow, whereupon Don Quijote practices the part of a lunatic - loudly telling the gods, nymphs and dryads of the meadow of his scorned love for Dulcinea.
- The dryads, the flower faeries and the nymphs dwelled in various trees and plants around the forest.
2A dark brown Eurasian butterfly with two prominent bluish eyespots on each forewing.
- Minois dryas, subfamily Satyrinae, family Nymphalidae.
Origin
Via Old French and Latin from Greek druas, druad- 'tree nymph', from drus 'tree'.
Rhymes
- horseradish sauce
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- horseshoe crab
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- horsetail
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- horse-trade
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- horsewhip
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