tussock (redirected from Tussocks)

tus·sock  (tsk)

n.

1. A clump or tuft, as of growing grass.

2. A tuft of hair or feathers.

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tussock·y adj.

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tussock

Noun

a dense tuft of grass or other vegetation [origin unknown]

tussocky adj

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Tussock a tuft; a small cluster.

Examples: tussock of long grass, 1607; of hair, 1550; of leaves, 1783; of thorns, 1681; of twigs.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tussock - a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass tuft bunch, clump, cluster, clustering - a grouping of a number of similar things; "a bunch of trees"; "a cluster of admirers" wisp - a small tuft or lock; "wisps of hair" hexenbesen, staghead, witch broom, witches' broom - an abnormal tufted growth of small branches on a tree or shrub caused by fungi or insects or other physiological disturbance coma - (botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)