spinifex

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of numerous species of grass in genus Spinifex, growing in sand dunes.
Any of several spiny grass species of the genus Triodia, endemic to arid outback Australia.

adj

Composed of dendritic plates, which present as the scored texture of bundled, spine-like structures typical of komatiites.

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From translingual Spinifex (genus name), from Latin spina (“spine”) + Latin -fex (“maker”) (from Latin facere (“to make”)).

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