spinifex

Definitions


[ˈspɪnɪfɛks], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a grass with coarse spiny leaves and spiny flower heads which break off and are blown about like tumbleweed, occurring from East Asia to Australia


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Origin:
early 19th century: modern Latin, from Latin spina ‘thorn’ + -fex from facere ‘make’




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