DRYAD


Meaning of DRYAD in English

/ ˈdraɪæd; NAmE / noun

(in stories) a female spirit who lives in a tree

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WORD ORIGIN

via Old French and Latin from Greek druas , druad- tree nymph, from drus tree.

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