Etymology
Origin of tussocky
Example Sentences
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But from the mid 1800s, agriculture was intensified and tussocky grasses full of mice and shrews were ironed out.
From The Guardian • Jun. 11, 2020
To one side stretches a sweeping curve of white sand, backed by tussocky dunes, the coarse grass mixed with a low-growing plant bearing tartly sweet red berries that the locals call diddle-dee.
From BBC • May 6, 2017
The brown tussocky land shows through layers of hard frost, and herons flap from frozen pools.
From Time • May 16, 2012
But all around town there were grassy fields, tussocky, mostly flat, with patches of shorter grass where horses and cattle had grazed.
From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2012
But this hindered them; for the grass was thick and tussocky, and the ground uneven, and the trees began to draw together into thickets.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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