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Brewer's: Hamadryads
Nymphs of trees supposed to live in forest-trees, and die when the tree dies. (Greek, hama, together with drus, a forest-tree.)
The nymphs of fruit-trees were called “Melides” or “Hamamelids.”
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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