Dryad (disambiguation)

A dryad is a form of mythological Greek nymph associated with trees.

Dryad may also refer to:

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
 * Dryade-class frigate, class of ship in the French Navy
 * French frigate Dryade (1783), Hébé-class ship of the French Navy

Entertainment

 * Dryad (comics), a Marvel Comics character
 * Dryad (DC Comics), planet in DC Comics, home world for Blok
 * Dryad (Dungeons & Dragons), game character
 * Dryad, a character in the Quest for Glory game series

Music

 * Dryad, role in the opera Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss
 * Dryad, role in the opera Scylla et Glaucus by Jean-Marie Leclair
 * Dryads, composition for voice and orchestra by John Bevan Baker
 * Dryads and Pan from Myths by Karol Szymanowski

Literature

 * Dryad, collection of stories by Ethel Mannin
 * Dryades, poem by William Diaper

Places

 * Dryad, Washington, an unincorporated town
 * Dryad Lake, a lake in Montana
 * Dryades Street, street and district in Central City, New Orleans
 * Dryad Point, headland on North-East corner of Campbell Island in British Columbia

Other

 * Dryad (repository), a nonprofit organization and international repository of scientific and medical data
 * Dryad (programming), a Microsoft programming infrastructure
 * SS Savoia, later renamed Dryad, a refrigerated cargo ship
 * Dryad Press, a book publisher
 * Dryad, painting by Evelyn De Morgan
 * Dryade, merchant ship built by William Scott Shipbuilders
 * Dryad (Minois dryas), a species of butterfly
 * Dryad (HBC vessel), operated by the HBC from 1825 to 1836, see Hudson's Bay Company vessels
 * Dryades, a genus of flowering plants native to Brazil