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dryad
(encz) | dryad,dryáda n: Zdeněk Brož |
Dryad
(gcide) | 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.
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dryad
(wn) | dryad
n 1: a deity or nymph of the woods [syn: dryad, wood nymph] |
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dryad
(encz) | dryad,dryáda n: Zdeněk Brož |
hamadryad
(encz) | hamadryad, n: |
wood dryad
(encz) | wood dryad,jezinka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Dryadella
(gcide) | Dryadella \Dryadella\ n.
a genus of plants comprising tropical American species
usually placed in the genus Masdevallia; they are very
dwarf plants having short tufted and usually unifoliate stems
with usually solitary flowers.
Syn: genus Dryadella.
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Dryades
(gcide) | Dryas \Dry"as\, n.; pl. Dryades. [L. See Dryad.] (Class.
Myth.)
A dryad.
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Hamadryad
(gcide) | Hamadryad \Ham"a*dry`ad\ (h[a^]m"[.a]*dr[imac]`[a^]d), n.; pl.
E. Hamadryads (-[a^]dz), L. Hamadryades
(-dr[imac]"[.a]*d[=e]z). [L. Hamadryas, -adis, Gr.
"Amadrya`s; "a`ma together + dry^s oak, tree: cf. F.
hamadryade. See Same, and Tree.]
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1. (Class. Myth.) A tree nymph whose life ended with that of
the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her
abode.
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2. (Zool.) A large venomous East Indian snake ({Ophiophagus
bungarus}), allied to the cobras.
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Hamadryades
(gcide) | Hamadryad \Ham"a*dry`ad\ (h[a^]m"[.a]*dr[imac]`[a^]d), n.; pl.
E. Hamadryads (-[a^]dz), L. Hamadryades
(-dr[imac]"[.a]*d[=e]z). [L. Hamadryas, -adis, Gr.
"Amadrya`s; "a`ma together + dry^s oak, tree: cf. F.
hamadryade. See Same, and Tree.]
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1. (Class. Myth.) A tree nymph whose life ended with that of
the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her
abode.
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2. (Zool.) A large venomous East Indian snake ({Ophiophagus
bungarus}), allied to the cobras.
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Hamadryads
(gcide) | Hamadryad \Ham"a*dry`ad\ (h[a^]m"[.a]*dr[imac]`[a^]d), n.; pl.
E. Hamadryads (-[a^]dz), L. Hamadryades
(-dr[imac]"[.a]*d[=e]z). [L. Hamadryas, -adis, Gr.
"Amadrya`s; "a`ma together + dry^s oak, tree: cf. F.
hamadryade. See Same, and Tree.]
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1. (Class. Myth.) A tree nymph whose life ended with that of
the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her
abode.
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2. (Zool.) A large venomous East Indian snake ({Ophiophagus
bungarus}), allied to the cobras.
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dryad
(wn) | dryad
n 1: a deity or nymph of the woods [syn: dryad, wood nymph] |
dryadella
(wn) | Dryadella
n 1: comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus
Masdevallia: very dwarf plants having short tufted and
usually unifoliate stems with usually solitary flowers
[syn: Dryadella, genus Dryadella] |
genus dryadella
(wn) | genus Dryadella
n 1: comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus
Masdevallia: very dwarf plants having short tufted and
usually unifoliate stems with usually solitary flowers
[syn: Dryadella, genus Dryadella] |
hamadryad
(wn) | hamadryad
n 1: the nymph or spirit of a particular tree
2: large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the
largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja [syn:
hamadryad, king cobra, Ophiophagus hannah, {Naja
hannah}] |
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