es·par·to ( -spär t )n. pl. es·par·tos A tough, wiry grass (Stipa tenacissima) of northern Africa, yielding a fiber used in making paper and as cordage. [Spanish, from Latin spartum, from Greek sparton, rope.] |
esparto or esparto grass
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pl -tos any of various grasses of S Europe and N Africa, used to make ropes, mats, etc. [Greek spartos a kind of rush]
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