Well did I come to know the presiding dryads of those trees, and often have I watched their wild dances in the struggling beams of waning moon—but of these things I must not now speak.
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Dryads
Synonyms for "dryads" (8 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
forest guardianforest spirit
Strong matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
nature spiritnymph
Related words (4)
Noun(4 words)
tree guardiantree nymphtree spiritwood nymph
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6 entriesenchanted grove dryadforest dryadmythic forest dryadoak dryadpine dryadurban dryad
Collocations
6 entriesforest spiritsgrove dryadoak dryadpine dryadtree nymphswood nymphs
Derivations
2 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
"There are various classes of Nymphs, my girl," he said, "the Melians, who dwell among the ash-groves, the Dryads, who preside over the oaks, and the Eloean Nymphs, who are guardians of the lakes."
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