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, eurosids I - 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

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/, [ˈdrʏ.as]

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.

• 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/, [ˈdrʏ.aːs]

Dryās m (genitive Dryantis); third declension

; (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.

• 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”