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Dryads
Nymphs of the trees. (Greek, drus, any forest tree.)
They were supposed to live in the trees and die when the trees died.
Eurydice, the wife of Orpheus (2 syl.) the poet, was a dryad.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Dryads from Infoplease:
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