Dryas

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Dryas may refer to:

Biology

  • Dryas (plant), a genus of plants
  • Dryas, a monotypic genus of butterflies containing the single species Dryas iulia
  • Dryas monkey (Cercopithecus dryas), a little-known species of guenon found only in the Congo Basin

Geology

  • Dryas, the name of several climatic periods, named for their abundant dryas flowers:
    • Oldest Dryas
    • Older Dryas
    • Middle Dryas
    • Younger Dryas

Other uses

  • Dryas (mythology), several characters in Greek mythology
  • Drias, Kavala, or Dryas, a village in Greece

See also

  • Dryad (disambiguation)
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