Spinifex grass is a name which has been applied to two genera of grasses:
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''Spinifex'' (coastal grass), a genus of grass which is indigenous to the coastal areas of Australasia and Indonesia
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''Triodia'' (plant), a hummock grass of arid Australia, covering twenty percent of the Australian continent (although not in the genus ''Spinifex'', it is the grass most commonly referred to as "spinifex")
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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 ma ...
, obtained from species of ''Triodia'', not ''Spinifex''
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