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GEODE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does geode mean?
• GEODE (noun)
The noun GEODE has 1 sense:
1. (mineralogy) a hollow rock or nodule with the cavity usually lined with crystals
Familiarity information: GEODE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(mineralogy) a hollow rock or nodule with the cavity usually lined with crystals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("geode" is a kind of...):
nodule ((mineralogy) a small rounded lump of mineral substance (usually harder than the surrounding rock or sediment))
Domain category:
mineralogy (the branch of geology that studies minerals: their structure and properties and the ways of distinguishing them)
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