[drooz] 
| an incrustation of small crystals on the surface of a rock or mineral. |
[drooz] | Islam. a member of an independent religious sect living chiefly in Syria, Lebanon, and Israel, established in the 11th century as a branch of Ismaʿili Shiʿism and containing elements of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, and believing in the transmigration of souls and the ultimate perfection of humankind. |
| druse (drōōz) n. A crust of tiny crystals lining a rock cavity, usually composed of the same minerals that occur in the rock. [German, weathered ore, probably from Middle High German druos, gland, tumor, from Old High German.] |
| Druse (drōōz) n. Variant of Druze. |
| Druze also Druse (drōōz) n. A member of a Syrian people following a religion marked by monotheism and a belief in al-Hakim (985-1021), an Ismaili caliph, as the embodiment of God. [Arabic Durūz, pl. of durzī, a Druse, after Ismail al-Darazi (died c. 1019), Muslim religious leader.] |
druse (dr&oomacr;z)
n. pl. dru·sen (dr&oomacr;'zən)
One of the small hyaline or colloid bodies sometimes occurring behind the retina of the eye.