Translingual

Dryas octopetala

Dryas julia

Proper noun

Dryas f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – many Alpine plants.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – certain butterflies.

Hypernyms

• (genus in Rosaceae): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Rosales - order; Rosaceae - family; Dryadoideae - subfamily; Dryadeae - tribe
• (genus in Nymphalidae): Insecta  class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola, Endopterygota - clades; Panorpida - superorder; Amphiesmenoptera - clade; Lepidoptera - order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection; Papilionoidea - superfamily; Papilioniformes - series; Nymphalidae - family; Heliconiinae - subfamily; Heliconiini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus in Rosaceae): Dryas octopetala - type species
• (genus in Nymphalidae): Dryas julia - sole species

English

Noun

Dryas ‎(uncountable)

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

Derived terms

• Older Dryas
• Younger Dryas

Anagrams

• drays, yards

Latin

Etymology

Romanization of Ancient Greek Δρυάς "dryad, tree nymph"

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdry.as/, [ˈdrʏ.as]

Proper noun

Dryas f ‎(genitive Dryadis); third declension

1. dryad
2. vocative singular of Dryas

Inflection

Third declension.

References

• Dryas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Dryas”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

English

Noun

dryas

1. Any of several plants of the genus Dryas; the mountain avens
2. One of two periods of cold and increased glaciation thousands of years before the present (Younger Dryas and Older Dryas)

See also

• dryas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Older Dryas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Younger Dryas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• dryas on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• drays, yards