spinifex
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.
Origin of spinifex
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How to use spinifex in a sentence
Up jumped Nquing from his burrow in the spinifex and shouted, "Go away!"
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard KiplingAs we ascended it we passed many isolated hills of perhaps a few hundred feet, and nowhere did I see any scrub or spinifex.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont | Louis de RougemontOften the wells were quite dry and food painfully scarce; this would be in a region of sand and spinifex.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont | Louis de Rougemontspinifex and sand resumed their predominance as the travellers left the lake behind them.
Some Heroes of Travel | W. H. Davenport AdamsThe spinifex that grew in the interstices of the rocks was also no inconsiderable hindrance to our movements.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia | Phillip Parker King
British Dictionary definitions for spinifex
/ (ˈspɪnɪˌfɛks) /
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
Origin of spinifex
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