Dryad (disambiguation)

A dryad is a form of mythological Greek nymph associated with trees. Dryad may also refer to:

In the military:

• HMS Dryad, 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

In entertainment:

• Dryad (comics), a Marvel Comics character
• Dryad, one of eight elemental spirits featured in the Mana series
• Dryad, magical being from the Quest for Glory computer game series

Other uses:

• Dryad (repository), a repository for data underlying peer-reviewed articles in the basic and applied biosciences
• Dryad (programming), an infrastructure for parallel and distributed programming from Microsoft Research
• SS Savoia, later renamed Dryad, a refrigerated cargo ship
• Dryad, Washington, an unincorporated town
• Dryad Press, a book publisher

See also

• Dryad's saddle (Polyporus squamosus), an edible basidiomycete mushroom

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