[1] : The 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
see also:
tree 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

dryad
     n : a deity or nymph of the woods syn: wood nymph
     also: dryades pl
see also:
wood nymph dryades 

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