‖ ˈspartum rare.
Also 7 erron. spartus.
[L.]
= spart1.
| 1555 Eden Decades i. ii. (Arb.) 69 Certayne long and toughe rotes much lyke vnto the shrubbe called Spartum. 1654 R. Codrington tr. Iustine xliv. 514 There is also abundance of Flax and Spartus. 1673 Ray Journ. Low C. 458 Round thin baskets made of Spartum like frails. 1841 H. H. Wilson Trav. Moorcroft & Trebeck in Himalayan Prov. I. i. i. 10 A..swinging bridge..of the construction common in these mountains. The ropes used in its formation are made of a variety of spartum or star⁓three grass. |