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spinifex |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. {S. hirsutus} (black grass) and {S. longifolius} are useful as sand binders. {S. paradoxus}is a valuable perennial fodder plant. Also a plant of this genus. 2. Any of several Australian grasses of the genus {Tricuspis}, which often form dense, almost impassable growth, their leaves being stiff and sharp-pointed.
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