stalagmiticaladj.
/stalaɡˈmɪtɪkəl/ = stalagmitic adj.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > rock formations > [adjective] > stiria > having the form of stalagmites
stillatitious1758
stalagmitic1772
stalagmitical1809
1809 J. Kidd Outl. Mineral. I. 15 Stalagmitical Marble.
1809 J. Kidd Outl. Mineral. I. 46 Stalagmitical depositions constituted the alabaster of the ancients.
1845 J. Phillips & C. G. B. Daubeny Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. VI. 695/2 Stalagmitical carbonate of lime.
Derivatives
stalagˈmitically adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > rock formations > [adverb] > in the manner of a stalagmite
stalagmitically1823
1823 W. Buckland Reliq. Diluvianæ 111 Ochreous concretions, formed stalagmitically.
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