STALAGMITE

stalagmite. Stalagmite, n. spar in the form of drops

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Sta‐lag″mite (@stȧ‐lăg″mīt), n. [[Gr. στάλαγμα that which drops, a drop, fr. σταλάζειν 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.