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tussock

[ tuhs-uhk ]

noun

  1. a tuft or clump of growing grass or the like.


tussock

/ ˈtʌsək /

noun

  1. a dense tuft of vegetation, esp of grass
    1. short for tussock grass
    2. country where tussock grass grows
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈtussocky, adjective
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Other Words From

  • tussocked adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tussock1

1540–50; apparently akin to Middle High German zūsach thicket, derivative of zūse lock (of hair), brushwood. See -ock
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tussock1

C16: perhaps related to tusk
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Example Sentences

Among these pests, the most important to the dweller in a large city is the tussock moth, which destroys our shade trees.

He refers to the penguins, kelp-weed and tussock grass; certainly three characteristic features.

As the summer wind stirs one tussock after another, so she stepped onward between the slimy ponds and deadly quagmires.

The day of our approach was marked by fine calm weather and the dark-green tussock-clad hillsides were rather attractive.

Amongst the tussock a hole is first made in the soft earth and then neatly lined with blades of grass.

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