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Druse
//dɹuːz// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A rock surface with a crust of tiny crystals.
"Occurs as a fine coating over the minerals in druses or cavities in the granite."
- 2 Alternative form of Druze. alt-of, alternative
- 3 an adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God wordnet
- 4 An aggregation of calcium oxalate crystals found in certain plants.
- 5 A tiny yellow or white accumulation of extracellular material that builds up in Bruch's membrane of the eye.
Etymology
Borrowed via French from German Druse (“crystallized piece of ore”); compare dross.
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