hamadryad
noun
a dryad who is the spirit of a particular tree.
hamadryads
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pluralof hamadryad.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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As the flower-spirits and hamadryads of the Far East are as yet little known to Western readers, the following Chinese story may be found interesting.
From The Romance of the Milky Way And Other Studies & Stories by Lafcadio Hearn
The old Japanese, like the old Greeks, had their flower-spirits and their hamadryads, concerning whom some charming stories are told.
From The Romance of the Milky Way And Other Studies & Stories by Lafcadio Hearn
In the shadowed spots fauns and hamadryads wooed, unconscious of the gaze of mortal eyes.
From The Four Million by O. Henry
The old Greek mythology is full of images of joy, of lightness, and vivacity; nymphs and fauns, dryads and hamadryads, and all sportive creations.
From Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Walking through the woods he almost expects to catch glimpses of hamadryads peering from their trees, nymphs rising from the fountains, and startled fauns with shaggy skins and cloven feet scurrying away among the bushes.
From A History of English Literature by Robert Huntington Fletcher
