Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Stalagmite \Sta*lag"mite\ (st[.a]*l[a^]g"m[imac]t), n. [Gr.
sta`lagma that which drops, a drop, fr. stala`zein 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.
[1913 Webster] Stalagmitic
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
stalagmite
n 1: a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the
floor of a limestone cave