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stalagmite |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Stalagmite \Sta*lag"mite\, n. [Gr. ? that which drops, a drop, fr ? to drop; cf F. stalagmite.] (Geol.) A deposit more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed by calcareous water dropping on the floors of caverns; hence a similar deposit of other material. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: stalagmite n : a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave
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