"spinifex" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-spinifex.ogg [Australia] Forms: spinifexes [plural]
Etymology: From translingual Spinifex (genus name), from Latin spina (“spine”) + Latin -fex (“maker”) (from Latin facere (“to make”)). Etymology templates: {{der|en|mul|Spinifex|Spinifex}} translingual Spinifex, {{der|en|la|spina||spine}} Latin spina (“spine”), {{der|en|la|-fex||maker}} Latin -fex (“maker”), {{der|en|la|facere||to make}} Latin facere (“to make”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} spinifex (countable and uncountable, plural spinifexes)
  1. Any of numerous species of grass in genus Spinifex, growing in sand dunes. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-spinifex-en-noun-o5NOmylT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
  2. (Australia) Any of several spiny grass species of the genus Triodia, endemic to arid outback Australia. Tags: Australia, countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Paniceae tribe grasses
    Sense id: en-spinifex-en-noun-C2J9ed65 Disambiguation of Paniceae tribe grasses: 40 60 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 40 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: buck spinifex, spinifexbird, spinifex mouse, spinifex pigeon, spinifex termite Related terms: mulga Translations (coastal grass): nyirri (Gooniyandi), turikākoa (Maori), tjanpi (Pitjantjatjara), tjiri (Pitjantjatjara)
Disambiguation of 'coastal grass': 50 50

Inflected forms

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