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   Sta·lag·mite

   /stəˈlaɡˌmīt/

   

   noun

   • 1. a mound or tapering column rising from the floor of a cave, formed of calcium salts deposited by dripping water and often uniting with a stalactite.

   Word Origin late 17th century: from modern Latin stalagmites, from Greek stalagma ‘a drop’, based on stalassein (see stalactite).

   Derivatives

   • 1. stalagmitic adjective

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