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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sparse  \Sparse\,  a.  [Compar.  {Sparser};  superl.  {Sparsest}.]  [L. 
  sparsus  p.  p.  of  spargere  to  strew,  scatter.  Cf  {Asperse}, 
  {Disperse}.] 
  1.  Thinly  scattered;  set  or  planted  here  and  there  not  being 
  dense  or  close  together;  as  a  sparse  population. 
  --Carlyle. 
 
  2.  (Bot.)  Placed  irregularly  and  distantly;  scattered;  -- 
  applied  to  branches,  leaves,  peduncles,  and  the  like 




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