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esparto
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Esparto \Es*par"to\, n. [Sp.; cf. L. spartum Spanish broom, Gr. ?.] (Bot.) A species of Spanish grass ( Macrochloa tenacissima), of which cordage, shoes, baskets, etc., are made. It is also used for making paper. [1913 Webster] ||
Wiktionary
n. A perennial North African grass, (taxlink Stipa tenacissima species noshow=1), used for fibre production, and for making paper.
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 612
Land area (2000): 0.825046 sq. miles (2.136860 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.825046 sq. miles (2.136860 sq. km)
FIPS code: 22846
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 38.692938 N, 122.018981 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 95627
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Wikipedia
Esparto, halfah grass, or esparto grass, is a fiber produced from two species of perennial grasses of north Africa and southern Europe. It is used for crafts, such as cords, basketry, and espadrilles. Stipa tenacissima and Lygeum spartum are the species used to produce esparto. Stipa tenacissima (=Macrochloa tenacissima) produces the better and stronger esparto. It is endemic to the Western Mediterranean (growing in Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya). The Spanish name for the plant is "atocha"; a pre-Roman word, probably Iberian. "Esparto" or σπάρτο in Greek may refer to any woven products of sedge or broom, including cords and ropes. This species grows forming a steppic landscape - esparto grasslands - which covers large parts of Spain and Algeria.
Usage examples of "esparto".
Ulf blew on it to light the esparto, then rushed unhesitatingly at the entrance to the lair.
As they lay in the dark, wrapped in their blankets of spider silk, on thick mattresses of pleasantly scented foxtail grass -- which, unlike the esparto of the desert, was yielding and springy -- Veig tried to argue them into staying there for another week.
Niall and Veig lifted the whole bed, with its mattress of esparto grass, and carefully transferred it to the silk-lined interior.
They laid what was left of Diocles on an old esparto mat in the street.
Bar was on Southwest Alder, a narrow building of chocolate-brown brick wedged between Esparto fashion store and a glossy new marble-front bank.
I mean, you have bad luck because you fell in love with a soul of esparto grass and a heart of oak.
Rags and the Chemical Control of Rag Boiling -- Esparto Boiling -- Wood Boiling -- Testing Spent Liquors and Recovered Ash -- Experimental Tests with Raw Fibrous Materials -- Boiling in Autoclaves -- Bleaching and making up Hand Sheets -- Examination of Sulphite Liquors -- Estimation of Moisture in Pulp and Half-stuff -- Recommendations of the British Wood Pulp Association.
He was livid, a sad expression on his face, trying to cover the hole in his throat with a plug made of esparto grass.
No bed of leaves or esparto grass had ever felt more luxuriously comfortable.
Mediterranean ships were built of fir or cedar, with some oak, and the cordage was typically hemp or flax (although the Egyptians often used papyrus, and the Spaniards favored esparto grass).
In the harbour 63 transports were captured, some of them with their cargoes of corn and arms, as well as bronze, iron, sails, esparto grass, and other articles required for the fleet.