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1. (n.) stalagmite
a deposit, usu. of calcium carbonate, resembling an inverted stalactite, formed on the floor of a cave or the like by the dripping of percolating calcareous water.
Etymology: (1675–85; < NL stalagmites < Gk stálagm(a) a drop (stalag-, s. of stalássein to drip +-ma n. suffix of result) + NL -ites -ite1)
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1. (noun) stalagmite
a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave
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1. (noun) Stalagmite
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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Sense: a spike of limestone rising from the floor of a cave, formed by water dripping from the roof.
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 Afrikaans: stalagmiet |
 Arabic: صاعِدَه:عَمود من تَرَسُّب |
 Bulgarian: сталагмит |
 Brazilian: estalagmite |
 Czech: stalagmit |
 German: der Stalagmit |
 Danish: stalagmit |
 Greek: σταλαγμίτης |
 Estonian: stalagmiit |
 Farsi: استالاگميت |
 Finnish: tippukivipylväs |
 French: stalagmite |
 Hebrew: זָקִיף |
 Hindi: निलम्बी निक्षेप |
 Croatian: stalagmit, siga na podnož |
 Hungarian: álló cseppkő |
 Indonesian: stalagmit |
 Icelandic: dropasteinskerti |
 Italian: stalagmite |
 Japanese: 石じゅん |
 Korean: 석순 |
 Lithuanian: stalagmitas |
 Latvian: stalagmīts |
 Malay: stalagmit |
 Dutch: stalagmiet |
 Norwegian: (stående) dryppstein |
 Polish: stalagmit |
 Portuguese: estalagmite |
 Romanian: stalagmită |
 Russian: сталагмит |
 Slovak: stalagmit |
 Slovenian: stalagmit |
 Serbian: stalagmit |
 Swedish: stalagmit |
 Thai: หินงอก |
 Turkish: dikit |
 Taiwanese: 石筍，石筍狀 |
 Ukrainian: сталагміт |
 Urdu: چھت سے رسنے کی وجہ سے فرش |
 Vietnamese: măng đá |
 Chinese: 石笋 |
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