stalagmite

stalagmite
stalagmitic /stal'euhg mit"ik/, stalagmitical, adj.stalagmitically, adv.
/steuh lag"muyt, stal"euhg muyt'/, n.
a deposit, usually of calcium carbonate, more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed on the floor of a cave or the like by the dripping of percolating calcareous water. See illus. under stalactite.
[1675-85; < NL stalagmites < Gk stálagm(a) a drop (stalag-, s. of stalássein to drip + -ma n. suffix of result) + NL -ites -ITE1]

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