dri·mys \ˈdrīmə̇s\noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, sharp, acrid; from the taste of the bark; akin to Latvian drīsme crack, split, Greek derein to skin — more at tear 1.capitalized: a genus of chiefly Australian shrubs or trees (family Magnoliaceae) having evergreen aromatic foliage — see winter's bark 2.-es: any plant of the genus Drimys