Noun: druse
| Singular | druse |
| Plural | druses; drusen |
Sample Sentences
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Occurs as a fine coating over the minerals in druses or cavities in the granite. [1889, Dana et al, A System of Mineralogy:]
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Nontronite, a variety of chloropal occurs as a light yellow powder in druses of the North Conway granite (99, p. 312). [1969, T. R. Meyers, The Geology of New Hampshire: Minerals and mines, page 18:]
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A lot of druses are found in the vein, and euhedral crystals of quartz, marcasite and sphalerite are observed as druse minerals. [1984, Science Reports of the Tohoku University:]
Nouns inflected like druse
Sacher-torte,
Wunderkammer,
blitz torte,
Klokan,
linzer torte,
capelle,
pickelhaube,
turnhalle,
druse,
freke,
torte,
schul,
shmoo,
sachertorte,
Aufgabe,
sacher torte,
auslese,
kapelle,
linzertorte,
manbote, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed via French from German Druse (“crystallized piece of ore”); compare dross. See: German Nouns '
Druse'.