Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stalagmite"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stalagmite \Sta*lag"mite\, n. [Gr. ? that which drops, a drop,
fr. ? to drop; cf. F. stalagmite.] (Geol.)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stalagmite
n : a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the
floor of a limestone cave
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