- genus Dryas
- nounmountain avens• Syn: ↑Dryas• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Rosaceae, ↑family Rosaceae, ↑rose family• Member Meronyms: ↑mountain avens, ↑Dryas octopetala
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genus Dryas
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Dryas (plant) — Dryas Dryas × suendermannii Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae … Wikipedia
Dryas octopetala — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) … Wikipedia
Dryas iulia — Julia Butterfly redirects here. For the activist and environmentalist, see Julia Butterfly Hill. Dryas iulia D. iulia at Smithsonian National Zoological Park s Pollinarium … Wikipedia
dryas — [ drʌɪəs] noun 1》 a plant of a genus that comprises the mountain avens. [Genus Dryas.] 2》 (Dryas) Geology a cold stage at the end of the glacial period in northern Europe, in which such plants were abundant. Origin mod. L., from Gk druas (see… … English new terms dictionary
Dryas — noun mountain avens • Syn: ↑genus Dryas • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Rosaceae, ↑family Rosaceae, ↑rose family • … Useful english dictionary
dryas — /druy euhs/, n., pl. dryas. any creeping plant belonging to the genus Dryas, of the rose family, having solitary white or yellow flowers, comprising the mountain avens. [ < NL, named after species of wood nymphs; see DRYAD] * * * … Universalium
Dryas — ID 28516 Symbol Key DRYAS Common Name mountain avens Family Rosaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity N/A US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AK, CO, ID, MT, NH, OR, UT, WA, WY Growth Habit N/A … USDA Plant Characteristics
Dryas octopetala — noun creeping evergreen shrub with large white flowers; widely distributed in northern portions of Eurasia and North America • Syn: ↑mountain avens • Hypernyms: ↑subshrub, ↑suffrutex • Member Holonyms: ↑Dryas, ↑genus Dryas … Useful english dictionary
dryas — noun Any of several plants of the genus Dryas; the mountain avens … Wiktionary
Dryas — noun Either of two climatic stages of the late glacial period in Northern Europe in which plants of the genus Dryas were abundant … Wiktionary
