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tussocky

[ tuhs-uh-kee ]

/ ˈtʌs ə ki /

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adjective

abounding in tussocks.

forming tussocks.

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Origin of tussocky

First recorded in 1655–65; tussock + -y¹

Words nearby tussocky

tussle, tussock, tussock caterpillar, tussock grass, tussock moth, tussocky, tussore, Tustin, tut, Tutankhamen, tutee

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How to use tussocky in a sentence

Far away the coast reached out, and melted into the morning, the tussocky sandhills seemed to sink to a level with the beach.
Sons and Lovers|David Herbert Lawrence
Here and there on very steep hillsides, wiry, tussocky grass might be growing instead of forest or peat.
The Romance of Plant Life|G. F. Scott Elliot
The white grass was tussocky and long, and the trail here and there had been churned into quagmire.
Masters of the Wheat-Lands|Harold Bindloss
From the sea to the Sierra Nevada stretch the pampas, all tussocky grass, thorn, guanacos and mirages.
Through the Heart of Patagonia|H. Hesketh Prichard

At the very bottom, almost on a level with the tussocky surface of the marsh, a barrel lay on its side, its depth leading inward.
Dorothy Dixon and the Mystery Plane|Dorothy Wayne