- Look up
Dryas or
dryas in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Dryas may
refer to:
Dryas (plant), a
genus of
plants Dryas, a
monotypic genus of butterflies...
- the
Younger Dryas has been
confirmed in both ice
cores and cave deposits. The
Younger Dryas is
named after the alpine–tundra
wildflower Dryas octopetala...
- The
Younger Dryas impact hypothesis (YDIH)
proposes that the
onset of the
Younger Dryas (YD) cool
period (stadial) at the end of the Last
Glacial Period...
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Dryas octopetala, the
mountain avens,
eightpetal mountain-avens,
white dryas or
white dryad, is an Arctic–alpine
flowering plant in the
family Rosaceae...
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erect and
white with a
yellow centre (
Dryas integrifolia,
Dryas octopetala) or
pendulous and all-yellow (
Dryas drummondii), and held con****uously above...
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Dryas iulia (often
incorrectly spelled julia),
commonly called the
Julia butterfly,
Julia heliconian, the flame, or flambeau, is a
species of brush-footed...
- The
Dryas monkey (Chlorocebus
dryas), also
known as
Salonga monkey, ekele, or inoko, is a little-known
species of Old
World monkey found only in the Congo...
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Dryas (Ancient Gr****: Δρύας, gen. Δρύαντος, from δρῦς "oak") is the name of
several figures in Gr**** mythology, including:
Dryas, an
Egyptian prince as...
- the
Older Dryas and the
Younger Dryas (c. 12,900–11,650 BP). In
northern Scotland, the
glaciers were
thicker and
deeper during the
Older Dryas than the...
- with the
Younger and
Older Dryas events, the
stratigraphic layer is
marked by
abundance of the
pollen and
other remains of
Dryas octopetala, an indicator...
