Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
SPARSER
Adjective
sparser
comparative form of sparse
Anagrams
• parsers, raspers, sparers, sparres
Source: Wiktionary
SPARSE
Sparse, a. [Compar. Sparser; superl. Sparsest.] Etym: [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.)
Definition: Placed irregularly and distantly; scattered; -- applied to branches, leaves, peduncles, and the like.
Sparse, v. t. Etym: [L. sparsus, p.p. of spargere to scatter.]
Definition: To scatter; to disperse. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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