plural dryads
Definition of dryad
: a spirit that lives in the forest : wood nymph, fairy For the Greek all of nature was instinct with life… Every tree had its dryad, and the oak was sacred to Zeus, the olive to Athene, the bay to Apollo, the myrtle to Aphrodite, the poplar to Heracles. — World Religions … a sunrise stroll with a dryad in a dew-drenched forest …— Edith Wharton
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The first known use of dryad was in the 14th century
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