esparto (redirected from Esparto grass)

es·par·to  (-spärt)

n. pl. es·par·tos

A tough, wiry grass (Stipa tenacissima) of northern Africa, yielding a fiber used in making paper and as cordage.

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[Spanish, from Latin spartum, from Greek sparton, rope.]

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esparto, esparto grass [ɛˈspɑːtəʊ]

n pl -tos

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various grasses, esp Stipa tenacissima of S Europe and N Africa, that yield a fibre used to make ropes, mats, etc.

[from Spanish, via Latin from Greek sparton rope made of rushes, from spartos a kind of rush]

Translations

esparto [eˈspɑːtəʊ] N → esparto m