Stalagmite

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  • noun. A conical mineral deposit, usually calcite or aragonite, built up on the floor of a cavern, formed from the dripping of mineral-rich water.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Carbonate of lime deposited on the floor of a cavern. See stalactite.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
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  • noun. A mineral deposit of calcium carbonate, in shapes similar to icicles, that lie on the ground of a cave.
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  • noun. a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave
    • Word Usage
    ": A 1,800-year-old stalagmite from a Chinese cave has revealed that, in the past, warmer years were associated with stronger East Asian monsoons."
    cross-reference
    speleothem  stalactite  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cylinder  
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    Karst  base/base  blanket-covered  calcite  chambered  
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