Spinifex may refer to:
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''Spinifex'' (coastal grass), a genus of grasses growing on coastal dunes in Asia and Australasia
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''Triodia'' (plant), a genus of grasses of inland Australia, commonly known as ''spinifexes''
* Spinifex, a
texture
Texture may refer to:
Science and technology
* Surface texture, the texture means smoothness, roughness, or bumpiness of the surface of an object
* Texture (roads), road surface characteristics with waves shorter than road roughness
* Texture (c ...
in certain ultramafic lavas such as
komatiite
Komatiite () is a type of ultramafic mantle-derived volcanic rock defined as having crystallised from a lava of at least 18 wt% MgO. Komatiites have low silicon, potassium and aluminium, and high to extremely high magnesium content. Komatiite wa ...
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Spinifex people
The Pila Nguru, often referred to in English as the Spinifex people, are an Aboriginal Australian people of Western Australia, whose lands extend to the border with South Australia and to the north of the Nullarbor Plain. The centre of their h ...
, an Aboriginal Australian people, inhabitants of the Spinifex country
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Spinifex resin
Spinifex resin is a gum coating of some species of spinifex grasses. This sticky resin was traditionally used as an adhesive in tool making by Aboriginal Australians. Many species of spinifex are extremely resinous, to the extent that resin may ...
, a type of gum
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Spinifex hopping mouse
The spinifex hopping mouse (''Notomys alexis''), also known as the tarkawara or tarrkawarra, occurs throughout the central and western Australian arid zones, occupying both spinifex-covered sand flats and stabilised sand dunes, and loamy mulga ...
, a mouse native to the central and western Australian arid zones
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Spinifex pigeon
The spinifex pigeon (''Geophaps plumifera''), also known as the plumed-pigeon or gannaway pigeon, is one of four endemic Australian bird species within the genus ''Geophaps''. It occurs within a broader group known as bronzewing pigeons. This sp ...
(''Geophaps plumifera''), a bird found in Australia
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Spinifexbird
The spinifexbird (''Poodytes carteri'') is endemic to inland Australia. Also known as Carter's desertbird, it is named after Thomas Carter, an English ornithologist and pastoralist active in Western Australia from 1887 to 1928.
Description
It h ...
(''Eremiornis carteri''), a bird found in Australia
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Spinifex Ridge mine
Spinifex Ridgem mine is an inactive iron ore mine in the Pilbara region of Australia, northeast of Marble Bar.
Overview
Moly Mines awarded production contracts to BGC Contracting in August 2010. Initially, there were plans for an open pit moly ...
, a mine in Australia
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Spinifex Gum
Spinifex Gum is an Australian musical collective based in Cairns, a collaboration between the Indigenous ensemble the Marliya Choir, Felix Riebl and Ollie McGill of the Melbourne band The Cat Empire, Lyn Williams, and Deborah Brown. The perfor ...
, an Australian musical group
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