esparto

From Spanish esparto, via Latin spartum from Ancient Greek σπάρτον (spárton, “rope, cable”).

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)təʊ

esparto (uncountable)

1. Either of two species of perennial grasses used for fibre production, and for making paper:
   1. Stipa tenacissima, of North Africa.

      Synonyms: halfa, esparto grass, halfah grass, needlegrass

   2. Lygeum spartum, of the Mediterranean.

      Synonyms: albardine, esparto grass, cord grass

• esparto on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Stipa tenacissima on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

• Pastore, Pateros, Proteas, proteas, seaport, teraops, to spare

From Latin spartum (“esparto, Spanish broom”), from Ancient Greek σπάρτον (spárton, “rope, cable”).

• IPA^(key): /esˈpaɾto̝/

esparto m (plural espartos)

1. esparto (grass)
   • 1433, Ángel Rodríguez González & José Armas Castro, editors, Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435), Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, →ISBN, page 53:

     […] hũu estrenque d'esparto novo et hũu estrenque vello d'esparto, et con seu treu que son tres monetas et hũu papafigo et con todos los outros seus aparellos […]

     […] a new rope of esparto, and an old rope also of esparto, with its set of sails, composed of three minor sails and a mainsail, with all the additional rigging […]

2. scourer

• “esparto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “espart” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “esparto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “esparto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “esparto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• IPA^(key): /esˈpaɾto/ [esˈpaɾ.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -aɾto
• Syllabification: es‧par‧to

From Latin spartum (“esparto, Spanish broom”), from Ancient Greek σπάρτον (spárton, “rope, cable”).

esparto m (plural espartos)

1. esparto (grass)

   Synonym: atocha

2. One of the Spartoi

• → English: esparto

esparto

1. first-person singular present indicative of espartar

• “esparto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014