stalagmitic, a.
(stælægˈmɪtɪk)
[f. stalagmite + -ic. Cf. F. stalagmitique.]
Formed in the same way as a stalagmite, composed of stalagmites or having their form or character.
| 1772 Banks in Pennant's Tour Scot. (1774) 302 A yellow stalagmitic matter has exuded. 1811 Pinkerton Petral. II. 501 More commonly this calcareous substance lines the cavities under the stalagmitic form. 1824 Ann. Reg. 238* A stalagmitic incrustation. 1862 D. Wilson Preh. Man iii. 46 A thick stalagmitic flooring. 1883 Rudler in Encycl. Brit. XV. 529 Stalagmitic marbles. |