esparto grass
- a variation of esparto.
Example Sentences
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On the western border of Egypt sits the five-year-old desert nation of Libya, whose chief export is dried esparto grass, and whose income comes largely from giant British and U.S. air bases.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1960, Libya's exports consisted of such commodities as esparto grass, olive oil, sponges and camels, and amounted to a paltry $8,500,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hidden as he was, he could at last make himself useful, tying strips of esparto grass into bundles that Juliana sold for home weaving.
From Time Magazine Archive
Young and old join hands and dance and stomp on the esparto grass to create a smooth bed for everyone, and we lay our blankets down.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
The man, having thus spoken, hastened to betake himself out of sight, his feet, shod with sandals of esparto grass, pad-padding from side to side of the narrow mountain path.
From The Firebrand by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
