Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

parterie \par"ter*ie\, n. [F., from Sp. esparto esparto, L.
   spartum, Gr. ?.]
   Articles made of the blades or fiber of the {Lygeum Spartum}
   and {Stipa (or Macrochloa) tenacissima}, kinds of grass used
   in Spain and other countries for making ropes, mats, baskets,
   nets, and mattresses. --Loudon.

Matweed \Mat"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
   A name of several maritime grasses, as the sea sand-reed
   ({Ammophila arundinacea}) which is used in Holland to bind
   the sand of the seacoast dikes (see {Beach grass}, under
   {Beach}); also, the {Lygeum Spartum}, a Mediterranean grass
   of similar habit.