单词 | porcupine grass |
释义 | porcupine grass in British Englishnoun Australian another name for spinifex (sense 2) spinifex in British English (ˈspɪnɪˌfɛks) noun 1. Also called: porcupine grass Australian any of various coarse spiny-leaved inland grasses of the genus Triodia 2. any grass of the SE Asian genus Spinifex, having pointed leaves and spiny seed heads: often planted to bind loose sand Word origin C19: from New Latin, from Latin spīna a thorn + -fex maker, from facere to make |
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