SPINIFEX

Meaning of SPINIFEX in English

[ 'spɪnɪfɛks ]

■ noun a grass with coarse spiny leaves and spiny flower heads which break off and are blown about, occurring from east Asia to Australia. [Genus Spinifex .]

Origin

C19: mod. L., from L. spina 'thorn' + -fex from facere 'make'.

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SPINIFEX — noun see: do Date: 1846 any of several Australian grasses (genera Spinifex and Triodia ) with spiny seeds or stiff …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SPINIFEX — ˈspīnəˌfeks noun Etymology: New Latin, from spin- + Latin -fex (from facere to do, make) — more at spin- , …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPINIFEX — (n.) Any of several Australian grasses of the genus Tricuspis, which often form dense, almost impassable growth, their leaves being …
Английский словарь Webster
SPINIFEX — (n.) A genus of chiefly Australian grasses, the seeds of which bear an elastic spine. S. hirsutus (black grass) and …
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SPINIFEX — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin spina + facere to make — more at do Date: 1846 : any of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPINIFEX — add. ·noun any of several australian grasses of the genus tricuspis, which often form dense, almost impassable growth, their leaves …
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SPINIFEX — [spi.ni.fex] n [NL, fr. L spina + facere to make--more at do] (1846): any of several Australian grasses (genera Spinifex …
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SPINIFEX — spinifex BrE AmE ˈspɪn ɪ feks -ə-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SPINIFEX — n. any Australian grass of the genus Spinifex, with coarse, spiny leaves. [mod.L f. L spina SPINE + -fex maker …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SPINIFEX — n. any Australian grass of the genus Spinifex, with coarse, spiny leaves. [ mod.L f. L spina SPINE + -fex …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SPINIFEX — n. any Australian grass of the genus Spinifex, with coarse, spiny leaves. Etymology: mod.L f. L spina SPINE + -fex …
Oxford English vocab
SPINIFEX — [noun] [U] - a grass with sharp spines which grows esp. on sand hills in Australia
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SPINIFEX — n. Pronunciation: ' sp ī -n ə - ˌ feks Function: noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin spina + facere …
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TUMBLEWEED — Plant that breaks away from its roots and is driven about by the wind as a light rolling mass, scattering …
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TRIODIA — trīˈōdēə noun Etymology: New Latin, probably from Greek, meeting of three roads, from triodos point where three roads meet (from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPINY ROLLING GRASS — noun : an Australian grass ( Spinifex hirsutus ) with long creeping stems that root freely at the joints and …
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PORCUPINE GRASS — noun 1. : a tall stout grass ( Stipa spartea ) of the western United States that has grains with …
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-FEX — a combining form meaning "maker," used in the formation of compound words: spinifex. [ -fec- (comb. form of facere to …
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PARROT — any of several hundred species of the bird family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes. (See psittaciform.) The classification of psittaciform birds is …
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PALMER, (EDWARD) VANCE — born Aug. 28, 1885, Bundaberg, Queen., Australia died July 15, 1959, Melbourne, Vic. Australian author of novels, short stories, and …
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GREAT VICTORIA DESERT — wasteland, Western and South Australia, between Gibson Desert on the north and Nullarbor Plain on the south and extending eastward …
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GREAT SANDY DESERT — wasteland, northern Western Australia, extending from Eighty Mile Beach on the Indian Ocean eastward into Northern Territory and from Kimberley …
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CANNING BASIN — also called Desert Artesian Basin arid sedimentary basin in northwestern Western Australia. Occupying a largely unexplored area of about 150,000 …
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TUMBLEWEED — n. Plant that breaks away from its roots and is driven about by the wind as a light rolling mass, …
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GRASS — n. 25B6; noun he sat down on the grass : TURF, sod; lawn, green. See list. (informal) they smoked grass. …
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GEOPHAPS PLUMIFERA GEOPHAPS PLUMIFERA PLUMIFERA — spinifex pigeon
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EREMIORNIS CARTERI — Spinifex-bird
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GEOPHAPS PLUMIFERA — Spinifex Pigeon
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EREMIORNIS CARTERI — Spinifex-bird
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АВСТРАЛИЯ — АВСТРАЛИЯ: ПРИРОДА Экология. Очевидно, что распространение отдельных растительных групп зависит от микроклимата и почв, но размещение крупных растительных зон Австралии …
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