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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

2.(Bot.) Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; -- applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like. [1913 Webster]

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