geode

ge·ode Audio Help (jē'ōd')

n. A hollow, usually spheroidal rock with crystals lining the inside wall.

[French géode, from Latin geōdēs, a precious stone, from Greek, earthlike : gē, earth + -ōdēs, adj. suff.; see collodion.]

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