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noun
A female tree spirit; a woodnymph or tree nymph.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Greek
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Any of the dryas plants, especially the plant mountain avens.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a deity or nymph of the woods
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: wood nymph
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: nymph
Narrower terms: hamadryad
History
From Old French driade (“wood nymph”), from Latin Dryas, Dryadis, from Ancient Greek Δρυάς (Druás, “dryad”), from δρῦς (drûs, “oak”), from Proto-Indo-European *derew(o)- (“tree, wood”); cf. Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”).
Across languages
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