an aggregate of small crystals within a cavity, esp those lining a cavity in a rock or mineral
botany a globular mass of calcium oxalate crystals formed around an organic core, found in some plant cells
1745–55; < German; compare Middle High German, Old High German druos gland, tumor, German Drüse gland ( Middle High German drües, plural of druos )
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Tschirakin's precious stone was doubtless nothing else than a druse of this shining but valueless mineral.
From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882
The Druse chieftain and former warlord Walid Jumblatt, head of the Progressive Socialist Party.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2021
The small Druse community living in the Israeli-controlled side of the Golan generally has good relations with Israel.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2021
Twenty-three years ago, the horticultural author and photographer Ken Druse produced a book urging us to go over to the dark side.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2015
This dynamism is as exhilarating as the autumnal metamorphosis but, as Druse points out, “too few gardeners notice new growth on plants in the garden, and especially the shade garden.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2015
Despite the lurid details, Roxie Druse became something of a cause celebre—no woman had been executed in New York in thirty-nine years.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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