Esparto, halfah grass, or esparto grass is a fiber produced from two species of perennial grasses of north Africa, Spain and Portugal. It is used for...

Esparto (Spanish for "Halfah grass") is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yolo County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville...

Esparto Unified School District is a school district in Esparto, California. The district comprises Madison High School, Esparto High School, Esparto...

have a canvas or cotton fabric upper and a flexible sole made of esparto rope. The esparto rope sole is the defining characteristic of an espadrille; the...

Castor wax – catalytically hydrogenated castor oil Esparto wax – a byproduct of making paper from esparto grass, (Macrochloa tenacissima) Japan wax – a vegetable...

Traditionally, manchego cheese was made by pressing the curd in plaited esparto grass baskets, which left a distinctive zig-zag pattern (known as pleita)...

and fish sauce (garum), dry crops (such as wheat and, more importantly, esparto), olive oil, and wine. The process of Romanization spurred on throughout...

limit of date palm cultivation and the southern limit of the range of esparto, a grass typical of the Mediterranean climate portion of the Maghreb and...

of publishers in wartime, with the fall of France cutting off supply of esparto grass, one of the constituents of the pulp Penguin used. When rationing...

in more spectacular and newsworthy ways. On March 20, 2009, the town of Esparto, California, was shaken and windows were shattered by a blast created by...