Spinifex Definition

spīnə-fĕks
noun
Any of a genus (Spinifex) of Australian grasses with pointed leaves and bristly seed heads.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Spinifex

Noun

Singular:
spinifex
Plural:
spinifexes

Origin of Spinifex

  • New Latin Spīnifex former genus name Latin spīna thorn Latin -fex dhē- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Spinifex Sentence Examples

  • Spinifex, a dioecious grass, is widespread on the coasts of Australia and eastern Asia, forming an important sand-binder.

  • The country was mostly poor and barren, sandy hillocks, with scanty growth of spinifex.

  • Spinifex has long growth which reduces transpiration in strong winds these are the first plants to colonize the sand dunes.

  • His report destroyed all hope that pastoral settlement would extend to the spinifex region; and the main object of subsequent explorers was to determine the extent of the desert in the direction of north and south.

  • Dunes and spinifex grass give way to smooth rock walls that rise suddenly from the red earth.

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