tussock
a tuft or clump of growing grass or the like.
Origin of tussock
1Other words from tussock
- tussocked, adjective
Words Nearby tussock
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How to use tussock in a sentence
Among these pests, the most important to the dweller in a large city is the tussock moth, which destroys our shade trees.
A Civic Biology | George William HunterHe refers to the penguins, kelp-weed and tussock grass; certainly three characteristic features.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonAs the summer wind stirs one tussock after another, so she stepped onward between the slimy ponds and deadly quagmires.
Edmund Dulacs Fairy-Book | Edmund DulacThe day of our approach was marked by fine calm weather and the dark-green tussock-clad hillsides were rather attractive.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonAmongst the tussock a hole is first made in the soft earth and then neatly lined with blades of grass.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
British Dictionary definitions for tussock
/ (ˈtʌsək) /
a dense tuft of vegetation, esp of grass
Australian and NZ
short for tussock grass
the tussock country where tussock grass grows
Origin of tussock
1Derived forms of tussock
- tussocky, adjective
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