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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In geology, a volcanic cone built up of successive flows of lava rather than of the fragmental products of explosive outbreaks. Opposed to tuff-cone.
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This was an ancient lava-cone which until within a few years continued to be the most famous fire-lake in the caldera of Kilauea.
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877
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