English-Thai Dictionary
spinifex
N หญ้า นามสกุล Spinifex
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SPINIFEX
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. S. hirsutus (black grass ) and S. longifolius are useful as sand binders. S. paradoxusis a valuable perennial fodder plant. Also, a plant of this genus.
2. Any of several Australian grasses of the genus Tricuspis, which often form dense, almost impassable growth, their leaves being stiff and sharp-pointed.
New American Oxford Dictionary
spinifex
spinifex |ˈspɪnɪfɛks | ▶noun a grass with coarse spiny leaves and spiny flower heads which break off and are blown about like tumbleweed, occurring from East Asia to Australia. ●Genus Spinifex, family Gramineae. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Latin spina ‘thorn ’ + -fex from facere ‘make ’.
spinifexbird
spini ¦fex |bird ▶noun a secretive warbler that frequents thickets of spinifex in central Australia. ●Eremiornis carteri, family Sylviidae.
Oxford Dictionary
spinifex
spinifex |ˈspɪnɪfɛks | ▶noun a grass with coarse spiny leaves and spiny flower heads which break off and are blown about like tumbleweed, occurring from East Asia to Australia. ●Genus Spinifex, family Gramineae. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Latin spina ‘thorn ’ + -fex from facere ‘make ’.
spinifexbird
spini ¦fex |bird ▶noun a secretive warbler that frequents thickets of spinifex in central Australia. ●Eremiornis carteri, family Sylviidae.
Duden Dictionary
Spinifex
Spi ni fex Substantiv, maskulin , der |Sp i nifex |der Spinifex; Genitiv: des Spinifex lateinisch-neulateinisch australische Grasart
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