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geode noun. L17.
[Latin geodes from Greek geodes earthy, from ge earth: see -ODE1.]
A rock formation or a stone containing a cavity lined with crystals or other mineral matter. L17.
O. W. Holmes An aphorism..has been forming itself in one of the blank interior spaces of my intelligence, like a crystal in the cavity of a geode.
The cavity itself; the crystals within it. M19.
ge'odic adjective of, pertaining to, or resembling a geode M19.