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spinifex definition

spini·fex (spin′i feks′)

noun

any of a genus (Spinifex) of Australian grasses with pointed leaves and bristly seed heads

Etymology: ModL < L spina, spine + facere, to make, do

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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