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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A steep, conical hill consisting of glassy volcanic fragments that accumulate around and downwind from a volcanic vent.
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- noun volcanology A conical deposit of rock fragments around a
volcano .
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