dryad

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dryad - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dryad \Dry"ad\, n. [L. dryas, pl. dryades, Gr. ?, pl. ?, fr. ?
     oak, tree. See Tree.] (Class. Myth.)
     A wood nymph; a nymph whose life was bound up with that of
     her tree.
     [1913 Webster]

dryad - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  dryad
      n 1: a deity or nymph of the woods [syn: dryad, wood nymph]