An acid-base indicator which is colorless in acid solution, but turns pink to red as the solution becomes alkaline. It is used medicinally as a cathartic.
Sparry
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Resembling spar, or consisting of spar; abounding with spar;having a confused crystalline structure; spathose. Sparry iron(Min.), siderite. See Siderite (a).-- Sparry limestone (Min.), a coarsely crystalline marble.
Sparry meaning & definition 1 of Sparry.
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A loser.
Sparry meaning & definition 2 of Sparry.
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