Stalagmite

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A conical mineral deposit, usually calcite or aragonite, built up on the floor of a cavern, formed from the dripping of mineral-rich water.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A mineral deposit of calcium carbonate, in shapes similar to icicles, that lie on the ground of a cave.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Carbonate of lime deposited on the floor of a cavern. See stalactite.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cylinder   
    Cross Reference
    stalactite    speleothem   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    far-seen    ivy-mantled    flowstone    humungous    Karst   
     
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