noun
definition
An Australian coastal grass, in genus Spinifex
definition
A coastal grass, either in genera Trioidia or Spinifex.
Examples of spinifex in a Sentence
Spinifex, a dioecious grass, is widespread on the coasts of Australia and eastern Asia, forming an important sand-binder.
The country was mostly poor and barren, sandy hillocks, with scanty growth of spinifex.
Spinifex has long growth which reduces transpiration in strong winds these are the first plants to colonize the sand dunes.
His report destroyed all hope that pastoral settlement would extend to the spinifex region; and the main object of subsequent explorers was to determine the extent of the desert in the direction of north and south.
Dunes and spinifex grass give way to smooth rock walls that rise suddenly from the red earth.