dryad
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Brilliantly rendered by Rebecca Benson, she shins up trees like a dryad, only to be told by her would-be boyfriend, "you smell like an infected bandage".
From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2013
If you stray off the path a jean-clad dryad yells you back on the right course.
From The Guardian • Aug. 25, 2012
“I thought dryad wood doesn’t burn,” Christopher said.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
“It is dryad fruit. It will do more for you than any other food.”
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
And then: “He said we need dryad fire,” said Christopher.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
Vocabulary lists containing dryad
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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Tolkien Reading Day, List 7
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Circe
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