dryas

[ drahy-uh s ]

/ ˈdraɪ əs /

any creeping plant belonging to the genus Dryas, of the rose family, having solitary white or yellow flowers, comprising the mountain avens.

Origin of dryas

< New Latin, named after species of wood nymphs; see dryad

dry-salt, dry-shod, dry-stone, dry-wall, dryad, dryas, drybrush, dryden, dryer, drygas, drying

Colder and marshy situations, where there is no reflected heat, produce Pedicularis hirsuta and flammea, with Dryas octopetala.

Lachesis Lapponica |Carl von Linn
There are only a few kinds of Dryas, shrubby plants, living in cold and arctic regions.

Field Book of Western Wild Flowers |Margaret Armstrong
The mountain avens, Dryas octopetala, belongs to the same nat.

The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 |Various
He played too the melody of Dionysus and to it Dryas footed the dance of the vintage.

Essays on the Greek Romances |Elizabeth Hazelton Haight

The first signal from the mother, a mellow, solicitous coo-ee transforms them into immovable pebbles or tufts of dryas.

Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (of 2) |Arthur Cleveland Bent