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spinifex

(spin′i feks′)

noun

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

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

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noun

Any of various clump-forming, perennial Australian grasses, chiefly of the genus Triodia, growing in arid regions and having awl-shaped, pointed leaves.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin Spīnifex, former genus name

Origin: : Latin spīna, thorn

Origin: + Latin -fex; see dhē- in Indo-European roots

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