tussock
noun
a tuft or clump of growing grass or the like.
tussocked
-
a word derived from
tussock.
Example Sentences
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The upland plover wails his greeting to the tussocked pastures, where day and night rings the shrill chorus of the hylas and the trill of the toads continually trembles in the soft air.
From In New England Fields and Woods by Rowland E. (Evans) Robinson
