porcupine grass

British  

noun

1. another name for spinifex

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Example Sentences

We left this pretty glen with its purling stream and reedy bed, and entered very shortly upon an entirely different country, covered with porcupine grass.

From Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, by Giles, Ernest

Sweet vernal grass, tall oat grass, holy grass, redtop, animated or wild oats, blue-joint, and porcupine grass are among them.

From Seed Dispersal by Beal, W. J. (William James)

The more stony portions are, however, covered with porcupine grass, and here and there with mallee; large ant-hills are very numerous; they vary in height from two and a half to four feet.

From Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia by Wills, William John

Passing first over rough stony ridges, covered with porcupine grass, we entered a sandy, thickly-bushed country, and struck the creek in ten miles.

From Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, by Giles, Ernest

No other living thing was seen hour after hour, save a solitary eagle high in the air, a few lizards darting about the clumps of porcupine grass, and ants and flies.

From In the Musgrave Ranges by Sayce, Conrad H. (Conrad Harvey)