lygeum spartum

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lygeum spartum - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sparterie \Spar"ter*ie\, n. [F., from Sp. esparto esparto, L.
     spartum, Gr. ?.]
     Articles made of the blades or fiber of the Lygeum Spartum
     and Stipa tenacissima (syn. Macrochloa tenacissima),
     kinds of grass used in Spain and other countries for making
     ropes, mats, baskets, nets, and mattresses. --Loudon.
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  Matweed \Mat"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
     A name of several maritime grasses, as the sea sand-reed
     (Ammophila arundinacea) which is used in Holland to bind
     the sand of the seacoast dikes (see Beach grass, under
     Beach); also, the Lygeum Spartum, a Mediterranean grass
     of similar habit.
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