DRYAS

Dryas, genus Dryas

(noun) mountain avens

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

Dryas (uncountable)

(geology) Either of two climatic stages of the late glacial period in Northern Europe in which plants of the genus Dryas were abundant

Anagrams

• Drays, Dyars, Radys, drays, yards

Etymology

Noun

dryas (plural dryases)

Any of several plants of the genus Dryas; the mountain avens.

One of two periods of cold and increased glaciation thousands of years before the present (Younger Dryas and Older Dryas).

Anagrams

• Drays, Dyars, Radys, drays, yards

Source: Wiktionary


Dry"as, n.; pl. Dryades. Etym: [L. See Dryad.] (Class. Myth.)

Definition: A dryad.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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