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esparto

esparto noun: stipa tenacissima, of North Africa.

esparto: stipa tenacissima, of North Africa
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Noun

esparto (countable and uncountable, plural espartos)

  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

Proper noun capitalized: Esparto

Esparto

  1. A census-designated place in Yolo County, California, United States.
    • Seven were missing after the Tuesday fireworks explosion near Esparto, which gripped the small farming community.2025 July 4, “Human remains located after California fireworks warehouse explosion”, in CNN, sourced from Associated Press, archived from the original on 28 Jan 2026

esparto meaning in Tamil and Arabic

esparto in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

esparto in Arabic

species of North African grass
حَلْفَاء ḥalfāʔ

Synonyms of esparto

All synonyms of esparto

Forms of esparto

pluralespartos

Origin of esparto

From Spanish esparto, via Latin spartum from Ancient Greek σπάρτον (spárton, “rope, cable; esparto or halfah grass”), valued for its high tensile strength, used for cords and wicker, and exported by Spanish Greek colonies throughout the Mediterranian.

Borrowed from Spanish esparto.

Phrases with esparto

Questions about esparto

What does esparto mean?
Esparto means stipa tenacissima, of North Africa.
What is esparto in Tamil?
Esparto in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Esparto meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is esparto?
Esparto can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of esparto?
The plural of esparto is espartos.

Words near esparto in the dictionary

  1. Esparanto
  2. esparcet
  3. esparcets
  4. Espargos
  5. esparsette
  6. esparto
  7. esparto grass
  8. esparto grasses
  9. Esparza
  10. Esparzas
  11. espathaceous

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: esparto (page history and authors); Esparto (page history and authors); esparto (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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