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spartum
‖ 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 ...
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Lygeum
The only known species is Lygeum spartum, commonly called esparto grass, cord grass or albardine, which is distributed in arid areas around the Mediterranean Description
Lygeum spartum is a rhizomatous hermaphroditic, perennial grass growing up to tall. The rhizome and the base of the stem are scaly.
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Stipa tenacissima
See also
Lygeum spartum, another species of grass also used as esparto
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Stipa tenacissima Spanish information
tenacissima
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spart
▪ I. spart1 (spɑːt) [ad. L. spart-um or Sp. esparto. Cf. sparto and spartum.] 1. Esparto. Also spart-grass. In quot. 1601 ship-sparts are simply ‘cables’, Pliny's navium sparta being a direct citation of the Homeric νεῶν σπάρτα (Iliad ii. 135).1600 Holland Livy xxii. xx. 444 They found great store o...
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esparto
esparto (ɪˈspɑːtəʊ) Also 6, 8 sparto. [a. Sp. esparto:—L. spartum, ad. Gr. σπάρτον a rope made of σπάρτος, either the same plant or Spanish Broom (Spartium junceum).] A kind of rush (Macrochloa or Stipa tenacissima), called by some Spanish grass, imported from Spain and the north coast of Africa, fo...
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Fériana
Vegetation is scarce except a few steppes of alfa (spartum lygum) and vestiges of an Aleppo pine forest.
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Chazara prieuri
The larva feeds on the grass Lygeum spartum.
Description in Seitz
S. prieuri Pier. (42 d, e).
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Spanish broom
Spanish broom [Spanish a. 9.] The plant Spartium junceum (or Cytisus junceus), common to the Mediterranean region, the rush-like branches or twigs of which are used in basket-work and yield a fibre employed in the manufacture of cords, coarse cloth, etc. The resemblance of the generic name Spartium ...
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Esparto
Stipa tenacissima and Lygeum spartum are the species used to produce esparto.
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marram
marram (ˈmærəm) Also 8 marem, marran, morrane, 9 maram, mar(r)um, murram. [a. ON. maralm-r, f. mar-r sea + halm-r haulm.] 1. A local name (chiefly E. Angl.) for the Sea Reed or Bent Grass, Psamma arenaria, the roots of which bind together and keep stable the sands of the sea-shore in Northern Europe...
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ليجيوم
النوع الوحيد المعروف هو Lygeum spartum و المعروف باللغة العربية بالحلفاء الاسلية . الوصف
spartum هو عشب جذري خنثوي معمر يصل طوله إلى 75 سم (30 بوصة). الجذمور وقاعدة الجذع متقشرتان.
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Iberian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests
holly oak (Quercus coccifera), open juniper woodlands of Juniperus thurifera and Juniperus phoenicea, steppe grasslands with Stipa tenacissima and Lygeum spartum
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bast
▪ I. bast, n.1 (bɑːst, -æ-) Also 6–7 baste. [Common Teut.: OE. bæst is cogn. with MHG., mod.G., MDu., Du. bast (masc.), Goth. *bastus not found, also ON., Da., Sw. bast (neuter), all in same sense. Ulterior deriv. unknown: not related to bind (Kluge). See also the corrupted form bass n.2] 1. a. The ...
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Southeastern Iberian shrubs and woodlands
Dry grasslands are characterized by the grasses Stipa tenacissima and Lygeum spartum, interspersed with subshrubs like Artemisia herba-alba. The fiber from S. tenacissima and L. spartum is known as esparto, and is harvested to make paper, cords, baskets, and espadrilles.
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frail
▪ I. frail, n.1 (freɪl) Forms: 4–5 frayel, fraell(e, fraiel, 4–6 frayle, 5–6 frale, 6 fraile, 7 freal, 6– frail. [a. OF. frayel, of unknown origin.] 1. A kind of basket made of rushes, used for packing figs, raisins, etc.; the quantity of raisins, etc. (30 to 75 lbs.) contained in this.13.. Coer de ...
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