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tussock
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tussock \Tus"sock\, n. [From Tuz .] [Written also tussuck .] A tuft, as of grass, twigs, hair, or the like; especially, a dense tuft or bunch of grass or sedge. Such laying of the hair in tussocks and tufts. --Latimer. (Bot.) Same as Tussock grass , below. ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Tussock most often refers to a small hillock of grassy, or grass-like plant growth, but may also refer to Plants and ecology, Insects.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A tuft or clump of green grass or similar verdure, forming a small hillock.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Beside a tussock of grass a little way outside the opposite copse, a rabbit was sitting and gazing at them. ▪ But smaller creatures can find shelter enough in the unlikely setting of a scruffy grass tussock . ▪ He swung his alpenstock ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass [syn: tuft ]
Usage examples of tussock.
Each morning Sentilena brought a fresh dillyful of live crabs, and always emptied it at the kitchen door, so that we had an exciting chase after the crabs, some of which got away altogether, and came to a lingering end among the grass tussocks.
Adica knew the secret trail of firm tussocks that led through the marsh to the sacred island As the oldest uncrippled man in the village, Pur the stone knapper was given the honor of carrying in the offerings in her wake.
Alleyn, stretched luxuriously on a widely-spread tussock, looked across Lake Pukaki to where Aeo-rangi, the cloud-piercer, shone immaculate against the darkening sky.
Instantly the human snake who was stalking him glided on ten yards and got behind one of the tussocks of the thistle-like plant, reaching it as the Elmoran turned again.
A network of streams punctuated the thick vegetation, low-lying willow and prickly dewberry amid tussocks of woundwort and grassy sedge.
He had a nasty moment or two as the machine bumped over the snow-covered tussocks and molehills with which the pasture was plentifully besprinkled, but kicking on right rudder just before the Camel ran to a standstill he managed to swerve so that it stopped not far from the low hedge which divided the field from the paddock.
He climbed again the steep mountain-side and on top he was amongst many boulders, and the tussocked grasses and the burrawangs were such as he had never seen before.
They were positioned at the Medellin Hill, he knew that, so he ran by the stream, tripping over tussocks of grass, splashing through patches of marsh, keeping the silvered Portina as his guide to the Medellin.
It lay on its side on the slope of a tussock of grass, its hind legs drawn under it, its forelegs raised like the hands of a praying child.
The beat of rotors behind him became louder: he stumbled on, careless of stones and tussocks, waiting for the shadow of the helicopter, the waving of grass as it bent before the downdraught.
The cow finally lowered her head to drink after the calf, then walked back, dropping its muzzle to the tussocks again.
Around him, the wormwood and sedge tussocks looked ratty, hugging the ground.
He strode ahead of them, eventually leaving the road and going across a bog, the ground rough and oozy with tussocks of sharp grass.
But after two more deep runnels had been passed, and a mere thick with water-lilies crossed by a chain of hard tussocks like stepping-stones, the guide seemed to consider the danger gone.
About the third time she had to get down to free the load from hindering obstructions -- grass tussocks, rocks, brush -- she was no longer feeling so pleased.