dryas

American  

[drahy-uhs] / ˈdraɪ əs /

noun

plural

dryas

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of dryas

< New Latin, named after species of wood nymphs; dryad

Example Sentences

The loss of Ice Age megafauna and the disappearance of Clovis tools and artifacts occurred around the same time as the onset of the Younger Dryas.

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Kennett and his team support the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis, which suggests that fragments of a comet detonated above Earth's surface.

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According to the study, this growing body of evidence "supports a cosmic impact as a major contributing factor in the megafaunal extinctions and the collapse of the Clovis technocomplex at the Younger Dryas onset."

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"Baffin Bay is very significant because it's the first time we've found evidence for the Younger Dryas cosmic impact event in the marine record," Kennett said.

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The Younger Dryas hypothesis proposes that around 12,800 years ago, fragments of a comet exploded above Earth, setting off a sudden global cooling episode known as the Younger Dryas.

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