| sparer |
someone who refrains from injuring or destroying
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economical: avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"
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| spar |
furnish with spars fight with spurs; "the gamecocks were sparring" any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging box lightly making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer fight verbally; "They were sparring all night"
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| spartium |
one species: Spanish broom
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| spartium |
Brooms are a group of evergreen, semi-evergreen, and deciduous shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the legume family Fabaceae, mainly in the two genera Cytisus and Genista, but also in five other small genera (see box, right). All genera in this group are from the tribe Cytiseae. These genera are all closely related and share similar characters of dense, slender green stems and very small leaves, adaptations to dry growing conditions. ...
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