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|lshtext=<b>spartum</b>: (-ton), i, n., = [[σπάρτον]]>,<br /><b>I</b> a [[plant]] [[originally]] growing in [[Spain]], of [[which]] ropes, mats, nets, etc., were made ([[still]] called in [[Spain]] esparto), Spanish [[broom]]: Stipa tenacissima, Linn.; Plin. 19, 2, 7, § 26; 24, 9, 40, § 65; Varr. ap. Gell. 17, 3, 4; id. R. R. 1, 23, 6; Liv. 22, 20.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., a [[rope]] made of [[broom]], Plin. 28, 4, 11, § 46; 35, 11, 40, § 137.
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