- spin|i|fex
- spin|i|fex «SPIHN uh fehks», noun.any one of a group of Australian grasses with seeds that have elastic spines.╂[< New Latin Spinifex the genus name < Latin spīna thorn, spine + facere make]
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Spinifex — Spin i*fex, n. [NL.; L. spina spine + facere to make.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of chiefly Australian grasses, the seeds of which bear an elastic spine. {Spinifex hirsutus} (black grass) and {Spinifex longifolius} are useful as sand binders. {Spinifex… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Spinifex hirsutus — Spinifex Spin i*fex, n. [NL.; L. spina spine + facere to make.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of chiefly Australian grasses, the seeds of which bear an elastic spine. {Spinifex hirsutus} (black grass) and {Spinifex longifolius} are useful as sand binders.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Spinifex longifolius — Spinifex Spin i*fex, n. [NL.; L. spina spine + facere to make.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of chiefly Australian grasses, the seeds of which bear an elastic spine. {Spinifex hirsutus} (black grass) and {Spinifex longifolius} are useful as sand binders.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Spinifex paradoxus — Spinifex Spin i*fex, n. [NL.; L. spina spine + facere to make.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of chiefly Australian grasses, the seeds of which bear an elastic spine. {Spinifex hirsutus} (black grass) and {Spinifex longifolius} are useful as sand binders.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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