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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Druse

/dro͞oz/ · IPA /dɹuːz/
01 n. A cavity in a rock, having its interior surface studded with crystals and sometimes filled with water; a geode.
  1. 1.
    A cavity in a rock, having its interior surface studded with crystals and sometimes filled with water; a geode.(Min.)
02 n. One of a people and religious sect dwelling chiefly in the Lebanon mountains of Syria.
  1. 1.
    One of a people and religious sect dwelling chiefly in the Lebanon mountains of Syria.
    “The Druses separated from the Muslim Arabs in the 9th century. Their characteristic dogma is the unity of God.” — Am. Cyc.