(ש"ע) גומא ספרדי (שם צמח), עשב חזק וקשוח שמוצאו בדרום ספרד וצפון אפריקה המפיק סיב בו משתמשים בתעשיית הנייר והחבל

n. strong and wiry grass which produces a fiber used in making paper and as cordage

nm. esparto, grass; alfalfa, leguminous plant grown to feed livestock, lucern

n. esparto, any of several grasses of southern Europe and northern Africa used for making paper

(n.) = esparto ; esparto grass ; rope-fibre.
Ex: The situation was probably similar in Britain, except that very little straw pulp was used, and a considerable amount of esparto.
Ex: The article of international commerce was, not paper, but the raw materials from which paper was made: rags, esparto grass, and wood pulp.
Ex: The boards were generally made of wood up to the later fifteenth century; then of sheets of paper pasted together ('pasteboard'); and then, from the early eighteenth century in good-quality binding but later in cheap work, of rope-fibre millboard.
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* papel de esparto = esparto paper.

ALFE. SPARTI