'Dryad' definitions:
Definition of 'dryad'
(from WordNet)
noun
A deity or nymph of the woods [syn: dryad, wood nymph]
Definition of 'Dryad'
From: 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]