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Noun: dryad  drI-ud or 'drI,ad
  1. A deity or nymph of the woods
    "The poet described the dryad as emerging from her oak tree";
    - wood nymph

Derived forms: dryads

Type of: nymph

Encyclopedia: Dryad, Washington