Dryad

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dryad
       n : a deity or nymph of the woods [syn: {wood nymph}]
       [also: {dryades} (pl)]