A dryad is a form of mythological Greek nymph associated with trees.
Dryad or dryade may also refer to:
Military , any one of several ships of the Royal Navy Dryad-class torpedo gunboat, in the Royal Navy Operation Dryad, a British Second World War commando raid DRYAD, a cryptographic system used by the United States military Dryade-class frigate, class of ship in the French Navy French frigate Dryade (1783), Hébé-class ship of the French Navy
Entertainment Dryad (comics), a Marvel Comics character Dryad (Dungeons & Dragons), game character Dryad, a character in the Quest for Glory game series
Music Dryad, role in the opera Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss Dryad, role in the opera Scylla et Glaucus by Jean-Marie Leclair Dryads, composition for voice and orchestra by John Bevan Baker Dryads and Pan from Myths by Karol Szymanowski
Literature Dryad, a collection of stories by Ethel Mannin Dryades, a poem by William Diaper
Places Dryad, Washington, an unincorporated town Dryad Lake, a lake in Montana Dryades Street, a street and district in Central City, New Orleans Dryad Point, a headland on North-East corner of Campbell Island in British Columbia
Other Dryad (repository), a nonprofit organization and international repository of scientific and medical data Dryad (programming), a Microsoft programming infrastructure SS Savoia, later renamed Dryad, a refrigerated cargo ship Dryad, a painting by Evelyn De Morgan Dryade, a merchant ship built by William Scott Shipbuilders Dryad (Minois dryas), a species of butterfly Dryad (HBC vessel), operated by the HBC from 1825 to 1836, see Hudson's Bay Company vessels Dryades, a genus of flowering plants native to Brazil Phrynomedusa dryade, the monkey frog
See also The Dryad (disambiguation) Dryas (disambiguation) Dryad's saddle (Polyporus squamosus), an edible basidiomycete mushroom