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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 or esparto grass

Noun

pl -tos any of various grasses of S Europe and N Africa, used to make ropes, mats, etc. [Greek spartos a kind of rush]