Sta-lăg’mīte, n.

[Fr. & It. stalagmite, Sp. estalagmita, from Gr. στάλαγμα, that which drops, a drop, from σταλάζειν, to drop.] A deposit of earthy or calcareous matter, made by calcareous water dropping on the floors of caverns. [See Illust. of Stalactite.]