esparto
English
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Etymology
From Spanish esparto, via Latin spartum from Ancient Greek σπάρτον (spárton, “rope, cable”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑː(r)təʊ
Noun
esparto (uncountable)
- Either of two species of perennial grasses used for fibre production, and for making paper:
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- Synonyms: halfa, esparto grass(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- Synonyms: halfa, esparto grass(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- Synonyms: albardine, esparto grass(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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Translations
species of North African grass
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Further reading
esparto on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Stipa tenacissima on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anagrams
Galician
Etymology
From Latin spartum (“esparto, Spanish broom”), from Ancient Greek σπάρτον (spárton, “rope, cable”).
Pronunciation
Noun
esparto m (plural espartos)
- esparto (grass)
- 1433, Ángel Rodríguez González & José Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, 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
- 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
- 1433, Ángel Rodríguez González & José Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 53:
- scourer
References
- Template:R:DDGM
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “espart”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Template:R:DDLG
- Template:R:TILG
- “esparto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin spartum (“esparto, Spanish broom”), from Ancient Greek σπάρτον (spárton, “rope, cable”).
Noun
esparto m (uncountable)
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: esparto
Etymology 2
Verb
esparto
Further reading
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