spinifex

See also: Spinifex and

English

Wikispecies

Wikispecies

Etymology

From the genus name.

Pronunciation

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Noun

spinifex (plural spinifexes)

1. An Australian coastal grass, in genus
2. (Australia) A coastal grass, either in genera Triodia or .
   • 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, Virago Press, paperback edition, page 269:

     And there will be Ethel watching, just standing there, stirring something on the kitchen stove, or dusting the mahogany sideboard, or polishing the silver, and looking out the window, staring, just staring, as though she were watching the spinifex growing, or the sky hanging there, just staring with that terrible effrontery of someone who will not deign to react.

Derived terms

• spinifex mouse
• spinifex pigeon

Translations

coastal grass

• Gooniyandi: nyirri
• Maori: turikākoa
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• Pitjantjatjara: tjanpi, tjiri

See also

• mulga