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| any creeping plant belonging to the genus Dryas, of the rose family, having solitary white or yellow flowers, comprising the mountain avens. |
[Origin: < NL, named after species of wood nymphs; see dryad
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Dryas
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| mountain avens |
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Dryas
Dry"as\, n.; pl. Dryades. [L. See Dryad.] (Class. Myth.) A dryad.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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