spinifex

== English == === Etymology === From translingual Spinifex (genus name), from Latin spina (“spine”) + Latin -fex (“maker”) (from Latin facere (“to make”)). === Pronunciation === === Noun === spinifex (countable and uncountable, plural spinifexes) Any of numerous species of grass in genus Spinifex, growing in sand dunes. (Australia) Any of several spiny grass species of the genus Triodia, endemic to arid outback Australia. ==== Derived terms ==== buck spinifex spinifexbird spinifex mouse spinifex pigeon spinifex termite ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== mulga === Adjective === spinifex (comparative more spinifex, superlative most spinifex) (geology, petrology, mineralogy) Composed of dendritic plates, which present as the scored texture of bundled, spine-like structures typical of komatiites. ==== Translations ====