Esparto grass is a tenacious, creeping plant with hard, stiff, need-like blades that curl up through lack of moisture. The fibres from the leaves are used to make something on which we write. What is it?

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The fibres from the leaves of the esparto grass are used in the manufacture of high-quality paper.

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