And there will be Ethel watching, just standing there, stirring something on the kitchen stove, or dusting the mahogany sideboard, or polishing the silver, and looking out the window, staring, just staring, as though she were watching the spinifex growing, or the sky hanging there, just staring with that terrible effrontery of someone who will not deign to react.
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Spinifex — longifolius Systematik Monokotyledonen Commeliniden … Deutsch Wikipedia
Spinifex — may refer to:* Spinifex, a genus of grass * Spinifex, Triodia, a hummock grass of arid Australia, covering twenty per cent of the Australian continent. Although not technically Spinifex, it is commonly referred to as such. * Spinifex people, or… … Wikipedia
Spinifex — Spin i*fex, n. [NL.; L. spina spine + facere to make.] 1. (Bot.) A genus of chiefly Australian grasses, the seeds of which bear an elastic spine. {Spinifex hirsutus} (black grass) and {Spinifex longifolius} are useful as sand binders. {Spinifex… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
spinifex — [spin′i feks΄] n. 〚ModL < L spina,SPINE + facere, to make, DO1〛 any of a genus (Spinifex) of Australian grasses with pointed leaves and bristly seed heads * * * spi·ni·fex ( … Universalium
spinifex — [spin′i feks΄] n. [ModL < L spina,SPINE + facere, to make, DO1] any of a genus (Spinifex) of Australian grasses with pointed leaves and bristly seed heads … English World dictionary
Spinĭfex — (S. L.), Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Gramineae Paniceae, 23. Kl. 2. Ordn. L.: Arten in Ostindien u. Australien … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Spinĭfex — L., Gattung der Gramineen, Gräser mit steifen, stechenden Blättern und in Köpfen mit Tragblättern stehenden Ähren. Die männlichen Ährchen sind zweiblütig, die weiblichen einblütig, diese werden von den stacheligen Tragblättern weit überragt. Von… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Spinifex — Spinifex … Wikipedia Español
Spinifex — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. En anglais, le mot spinifex a plusieurs significations; il peut désigner: le genre botanique Spinifex de plantes qui poussent dans les régions côtières d… … Wikipédia en Français
Spinifex — Ver texto Spinifex es un género de plantas de la familia de las Poaceas, orden Poales, subclase Liliidae, clase Liliopsida, división Magnoliophyta. ● Spinifex sericeus ● Spinifex hirsutus Labill … Enciclopedia Universal
spinifex — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin spina + facere to make more at do Date: 1846 any of several Australian grasses (genera Spinifex and Triodia) with spiny seeds or stiff sharp leaves … New Collegiate Dictionary
