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Stalactite

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Noun

1. stalactite

a cylinder of calcium carbonate hanging from the roof of a limestone cave

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Stalactite

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noun
a cylindrical mass of calcium carbonate hanging from the roof of a limestone cave: formed by precipitation from continually dripping water
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Stalactite

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noun
an icicle-shaped, secondary mineral deposit, usually calcite, that hangs from the roof of a cave and is formed by the evaporation of dripping water that is full of minerals

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Stalactite

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n.
An icicle-shaped mineral deposit, usually calcite or aragonite, hanging from the roof of a cavern, formed from the dripping of mineral-rich water.

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