dryad Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a deity or nymph of the woods
    wood nymph.

WordNet

Dry"ad noun
Etymology
L. dryas, pl. dryades, Gr. , pl. , fr. oak, tree. See Tree.
Definitions
  1. (Class. Myth.) A wood nymph; a nymph whose life was bound up with that of her tree.

Webster 1913