DRYAS

Meaning of DRYAS in English

/druy"euhs/ , n. , pl. dryas .

any creeping plant belonging to the genus Dryas, of the rose family, having solitary white or yellow flowers, comprising the mountain avens.

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Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

DRYAS — ˈdrīəs noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin 1. capitalized : a small genus of arctic and alpine tufted plants (family …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DRYAS — (n.) A dryad.
Английский словарь Webster
DRYAS — ( n. ) A dryad.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DRYAS — noun a dryad.
Webster English vocab
DRYAS — [ 'drʌɪəs ] ■ noun 1》 a plant of a genus that comprises the mountain avens. [Genus Dryas .] 2》 …
Concise Oxford English vocab
DRYAS — [Greek heroic] The son of the Thracian king Lycurgus. When Lycurgus was inflicted with madness by the gods Dionysus, Dryas …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
CATHARUS DRYAS — spotted nightingale-thrush
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
CATHARUS DRYAS — Spotted Nightingale-Thrush
Ornitho-Birds English vocab
YOUNGER DRYAS — is the name for a cold climatic event lasting about 1500 years which interrupted the warming of the Earth after …
Weather and Meteorology English vocabulary
MOUNTAIN AVENS — noun : a plant of the genus Dryas ; especially : an arctic or alpine plant ( D. octopetala ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HAMADRYAD — ˌhaməˈdrīəd, -īˌad noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin Hamadryad-, Hamadryas, from Greek, from hama together with + Dryad-, Dryas Dryad …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DRYAD — ˈdrīəd, -īˌad noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin dryad-, dryas, from Greek, from drys : wood nymph 1
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DRYADES — (pl. ) of Dryas
Английский словарь Webster
DRYADES — ( pl. ) of Dryas
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MOUNTAIN AVENS — any evergreen plant of the genus Dryas, of the rose family, growing in northern or alpine regions of the Northern …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HAMADRYAD — /ham'euh druy"euhd, -ad/ , n. , pl. hamadryads, hamadryades /-euh deez'/ . 1. Class. Myth. a dryad who is the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DRYAD — — dryadic /druy ad"ik/ , adj. /druy"euhd, -ad/ , n. , pl. dryads, dryades /-euh deez'/ . ( often cap. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HAMADRYAD — noun Etymology: Latin hamadryad-, hamadryas, from Greek, from hama together with + dryad-, dryas dryad — more at same Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DRYAD — noun Etymology: Latin dryad-, dryas, from Greek, from drys tree — more at tree Date: 14th century : wood nymph
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DRYADES — pl of dryas.
Webster English vocab
MOUNTAIN AVENS — ■ noun a creeping arctic-alpine plant with white flowers and glossy leaves. See also dryas . [ Dryas octopetala , …
Concise Oxford English vocab
DRYAD — [ 'drʌɪəd , -ad ] ■ noun 1》 (in folklore and Greek mythology) a nymph inhabiting a tree or wood. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
HAMADRYAD — [hama.dry.ad] n [L hamadryad-, hamadryas, fr. Gk, fr. hama together with + dryad-, dryas dryad--more at same] (14c) 1: wood …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DRYAD — [dry.ad] n [L dryad-, dryas, fr. Gk, fr. drys tree--more at tree] (14c): wood nymph
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOLOCENE EPOCH — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. formerly Recent Epoch, …
Britannica English vocabulary
GENTIANALES — gentian order of flowering plants, belonging to the class Magnoliopsida (the dicotyledons). It is composed of 6 families and approximately …
Britannica English vocabulary
AVENS — n. any of various plants of the genus Geum. ømountain avens a related plant (Dryas octopetala). [ME f. OF avence …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AVENS — n. any of various plants of the genus Geum. mountain avens a related plant (Dryas octopetala). [ ME f. OF …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AVENS — n. any of various plants of the genus Geum. Phrases and idioms: mountain avens a related plant (Dryas octopetala). Etymology: …
Oxford English vocab
LYCURGUS — [Greek heroic] Lycurgus was king of the Edones in Thrace (Central Greece), son of Dryas. He was completely opposed to …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
GREEK HEROIC LEGEND — All the articles available in the Greek heroic legend section of the Encyclopedia Mythica: Abderus; Acamas; Acastus; Acherusia; Achilles; Acrisius; …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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