How to pronounce “spinifex”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• 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.
• [Adjective]
• (geology, petrology, mineralogy) Composed of dendritic plates, which present as the scored texture of bundled, spine-like structures typical of komatiites.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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