Dryas

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Dryas f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – many alpine plants.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – certain butterflies.

• (genus in Rosaceae): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids - clades; Rosales - order; Rosaceae - family; Dryadoideae - subfamily; Dryadeae - tribe
• (genus in Nymphalidae): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Lepidoptera - order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection; Papilionoidea - superfamily; Papilioniformes - series; Nymphalidae - family; Heliconiinae - subfamily; Heliconiini - tribe

• (genus in Rosaceae): Dryas octopetala - type species
• (genus in Nymphalidae): Dryas julia - sole species

• Dryas (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dryas (butterfly) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dryas (Rosaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Dryas (Nymphalidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Dryas (Rosaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Dryas (Nymphalidae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Dryas at USDA Plants database

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɹaɪ.əs/, /ˈdɹaɪ.æs/

Dryas (uncountable)

1. (geology) Either of two climatic stages of the late glacial period in Northern Europe in which plants of the genus Dryas were abundant

• Older Dryas
• Younger Dryas

• Drays, Dyars, Radys, drays, yards

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δρῠᾰ́ς (Druás).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdry.as/, [ˈd̪ryäs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdri.as/, [ˈd̪riːäs]

Dryas f (genitive Dryadis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) a woodnymph, a dryad (a nymph whose life is bound up with that of her tree)
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2. a druidess
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Third-declension noun.

• “Dryʹades”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “Dryădes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “2. Dryas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Dryades”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Dry̆ădes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “559/2”
• 1 Dry̆ăs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “559/2”
• “dryas” on page 575/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δρύας (Drúas).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdry.aːs/, [ˈd̪ryäːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdri.as/, [ˈd̪riːäs]

Dryās m sg (genitive Dryantis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology)
   1. the father of Lycurgus and king of Thrace
   2. one of the Lapithae
   3. a companion of Meleager in the Calydonian Hunt, son of Ares and brother of Tereus

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• Dryantīdēs

• “Dryas”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “1. Dryas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 2 Dry̆ās in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “559/2”