dryas

/drahy-uhs/US // ˈdraɪ əs //

旱地,旱灾,旱厕,旱地人

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural dry·as.
- : any creeping plant belonging to the genus Dryas, of the rose family, having solitary white or yellow flowers, comprising the mountain avens.

Colder and marshy situations, where there is no reflected heat, produce Pedicularis hirsuta and flammea, with Dryas octopetala.
But Dryas chasing a dog who had stolen some meat rushed out-doors, met Daphnis and brought him home.
The first signal from the mother, a mellow, solicitous coo-ee transforms them into immovable pebbles or tufts of dryas.
The mountain avens, Dryas octopetala, belongs to the same nat.
He played too the melody of Dionysus and to it Dryas footed the dance of the vintage.