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BITTER SPAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bitter spar mean?
• BITTER SPAR (noun)
The noun BITTER SPAR has 1 sense:
1. a light colored mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium; used as a ceramic and as fertilizer
Familiarity information: BITTER SPAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A light colored mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium; used as a ceramic and as fertilizer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
bitter spar; dolomite
Hypernyms ("bitter spar" is a kind of...):
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
Meronyms (substance of "bitter spar"):
atomic number 12; magnesium; Mg (a light silver-white ductile bivalent metallic element; in pure form it burns with brilliant white flame; occurs naturally only in combination (as in magnesite and dolomite and carnallite and spinel and olivine))
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