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bitter spar
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bitter spar has 1 sense
- bitter spar(n = noun.substance) dolomite - a light colored mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium; used as a ceramic and as fertilizer; Array is a kind of mineral
CIDE DICTIONARY
bitter spar,
A common name of dolomite; -- so called because it contains magnesia, the soluble salts of which are bitter. See Dolomite. [1913 Webster]
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