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dryas
[ drahy-uhs ]
noun
, plural dry·as.
- any creeping plant belonging to the genus Dryas, of the rose family, having solitary white or yellow flowers, comprising the mountain avens.
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Colder and marshy situations, where there is no reflected heat, produce Pedicularis hirsuta and flammea, with Dryas octopetala.
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But Dryas chasing a dog who had stolen some meat rushed out-doors, met Daphnis and brought him home.
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The first signal from the mother, a mellow, solicitous coo-ee transforms them into immovable pebbles or tufts of dryas.
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The mountain avens, Dryas octopetala, belongs to the same nat.
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He played too the melody of Dionysus and to it Dryas footed the dance of the vintage.
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