drusy
English
Etymology
druse + -y
Adjective
drusy (not comparable)
- (mineralogy) Having a druse.
- 1856, David Thomas Ansted, Elementary Course of Geology, Mineralogy, and Physical Geography
- A mineral having a drusy cavity is sometimes called a geode.
- 1963, Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society
- ...before deposition of the upper layer of sediment, and before the infilling of the cavity with a drusy mosaic.
- 1856, David Thomas Ansted, Elementary Course of Geology, Mineralogy, and Physical Geography