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   spinifex

   /ˈspɪnɪfɛks/

   noun

   • 1. 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.

   Word Origin early 19th century: modern Latin, from Latin spina ‘thorn’ + -fex from facere ‘make’.

   Scrabble Points: 20

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