hamadryad

/ham-uh-drahy-uhd, -ad/US // ˌhæm əˈdraɪ əd, -æd //UK // (ˌhæməˈdraɪəd, -æd) //

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plural ham·a·dry·ads, ham·a·dry·a·des [ham-uh-drahy-uh-deez]. /ˌhæm əˈdraɪ əˌdiz/.
- : Classical Mythology. a dryad who is the spirit of a particular tree.
- : king cobra.

Pomona was a Hamadryad, and was so devoted to the care of her trees that she scorned the idea of love.
Such a sad mistake did Dryope once make, and suffered for her carelessness by being changed from a mortal into a Hamadryad.
It is like the bite of a hamadryad,” he said softly, “but there is no mark.
The Hamadryad was born with the tree, flourished and died with it.
The hamadryad, as you probably know, is perhaps the deadliest of all Eastern reptiles.