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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A domelike geologic formation formed when an underground salt deposit rises toward the surface, pushing up and curving what lies above it.
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- noun geology An
upwelling ofcrystalline rock salt and itsaureole ofdeformed sediments .
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