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sparsest |
1 definition found 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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