— stalagmitic /stal'euhg mit"ik/ , stalagmitical , adj. — stalagmitically , adv.
/steuh lag"muyt, stal"euhg muyt'/ , n.
a deposit, usually of calcium carbonate, more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed on the floor of a cave or the like by the dripping of percolating calcareous water. See illus. under stalactite .
[ 1675-85; stalagmites stálagm ( a ) a drop ( stalag-, s. of stalássein to drip + -ma n. suffix of result) + NL -ites -ITE 1 ]