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Definition: Spinifex hirsutus
Spinifex
\Spin"i*fex\, n. [NL.; L. spina spine + facere to
make.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of chiefly Australian grasses, the seeds of
which bear an elastic spine.
Spinifex hirsutus (black
grass) and
Spinifex longifolius are useful as sand
binders.
Spinifex paradoxusis a valuable perennial
fodder plant. Also, a plant of this genus.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. Any of several Australian grasses of the genus
Tricuspis, which often form dense, almost impassable
growth, their leaves being stiff and sharp-pointed.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]