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stalagmite

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
stalagmite /ˈstaləgmʌɪt/

▶noun a mound or tapering column rising from the floor of a cave, formed of calcium salts deposited by dripping water.

– derivatives
stalagmitic adjective.

– origin C17: from mod. L. stalagmites, from Gk stalagma ‘a drop’, based on stalassein (see stalactite).

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