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spinifex
[ spahy-nuh-feks ]
/ ˈspaɪ nəˌfɛks /
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noun, plural spi·ni·fex, spi·ni·fex·es.
any of several Australian grasses of the genera Spinifex, Plectrachne, or Triodia, having spiny seeds and stiff, sharp-pointed leaves that grow in dense masses.
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British Dictionary definitions for spinifex
spinifex
/ (ˈspɪnɪˌfɛks) /
noun
Also called: porcupine grass Australian any of various coarse spiny-leaved inland grasses of the genus Triodia
any grass of the SE Asian genus Spinifex, having pointed leaves and spiny seed heads: often planted to bind loose sand
Word Origin for spinifex
C19: from New Latin, from Latin spīna a thorn + -fex maker, from facere to make
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