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tussock::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | tuft |
| Type of | bunch, clump, cluster, clustering |
| Has types | coma, hexenbesen, staghead, wisp, witch broom, witches' broom |
Examples of tussock
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This landscape dwarfs our bikes and scattered sheep seem lost among the tussock.
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Shepherds on horses move 300 Hereford cows through the tussock with their dogs.
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Finding a vacant mound of tussock grass, I sat down and let out a contented sigh.
From the guardian.co.uk
At higher elevations tussock grass and megaherb communities dominate the flora.
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Progress though the thick snow, tussock and painfully sharp speargrass is careful.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Finally a flat alpine tussock plateau is sighted, known locally as the Playing Fields.
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From there, thankfully, it's a mostly downhill zigzag walk through open tussock land.
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It is a 30-60 cm high tussock-forming plant with erect solitary spikelets.
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Beyond this, the land becomes drier and opens out into grass and tussock-covered land.
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- Tuft: a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass
- Tussock grasses or bunch grasses in North America, are found as native plants in natural ecosystems, as forage in pastures, and as ornamental grasses in gardens.
- A tuft or clump of green grass or similar verdure, forming a small hillock
- A hummock of grasses or sedges bound together by their roots
- A plant-form that is tufted, bearing many stems arising as a large dense cluster from the crown.
- A thick clump of grass, or grass-like plant.
- Large tuft of grass which conspires to turn ankles.
- A densely tufted grass or similar plant with long, linear leaves.
