Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dryad"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dryad
n : a deity or nymph of the woods [syn: {wood nymph}]
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