English-Thai Dictionary

dryad

N นางไม้  naeg-mai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DRYAD

n.[L., Gr. , a tree. ] In mythology, a deity or nymph of the woods; a nymph supposed to preside over woods.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DRYAD

Dry "ad, n. Etym: [L. dryas, pl. dryades, Gr. Tree. ] (Class. Myth. )

 

Defn: A wood nymph; a nymph whose life was bound up with that of her tree.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dryad

dry ad |ˈdrīˌad, -əd ˈdraɪˌæd | ▶noun (in folklore and Greek mythology ) a nymph inhabiting a forest or a tree, esp. an oak tree. ORIGIN via Old French and Latin from Greek druas, druad- ‘tree nymph, ’ from drus ‘tree. ’

 

dryad saddle

dry ad sad dle ▶noun a common polypore growing on tree stumps and logs, having a scaly, yellowish-brown upper surface, found in both North America and Eurasia and edible when young. [Polyporus squamosus, family Polyporaceae, class Hymenomycetes. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

dryad

dryad |ˈdrʌɪəd, -ad | ▶noun 1 (in folklore and Greek mythology ) a nymph inhabiting a tree or wood. 2 a dark brown Eurasian butterfly with two prominent bluish eyespots on each forewing. ●Minois dryas, subfamily Satyrinae, family Nymphalidae. ORIGIN via Old French and Latin from Greek druas, druad- ‘tree nymph ’, from drus ‘tree ’.

 

dryad's saddle

dryad's sad ¦dle ▶noun a common bracket fungus having a scaly yellowish-brown upper surface, found in both Eurasia and North America and edible when young. ●Polyporus squamosus, family Polyporaceae, class Hymenomycetes.

 

Duden Dictionary

Dryade

Dry a de Substantiv, feminin griechische Mythologie , die |Dry a de |die Dryade; Genitiv: der Dryade, Plural: die Dryaden meist im Plural griechisch-lateinisch Waldnymphe

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

dryad

dry ad /dráɪæd /名詞 C 〘ギ神 〙森 [樹 ]の精 .