buck spinifex

noun

Any of various plants with stiff blades, especially Triodia longiceps.

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nounbuck spinifex (uncountable)
  1. AustraliauncountableAny of various plants with stiff blades, especially Triodia longiceps.

    On the flank of the rise the African buffel grass gave way to bare patches of red gravel between thin strands of sandalwood and bendee, spiky tussocks of purple wiregrass and buck spinifex.

    2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 47
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