tussock
English
WOTD – 13 December 2009
Etymology
Uncertain. Likely from or related to tusk + -ock (diminutive suffix). Compare Middle High German zūsach (“thicket”), a derivative of Middle High German zūse (“lock of hair”). Compare also Scottish Gaelic dosag (“little tuft”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈtʌs.ək/
Noun
tussock (plural tussocks)
- A tuft or clump of green grass or similar verdure, forming a small hillock.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- blue tussock (Poa poiformis)
- hard tussock (Festuca novaezelandiae)
- nassella tussock (Nassella tichotoma)
- plumed tussock (Cortaderia richardii, Arundo richardii)
- red tussock (Chionochloa rubra)
- serrated tussock (Nassella trichotoma)
- sweet tussock (Poa bulbosa)
- tussock bellflower (Campanula carpatica)
- tussock caterpillar (Lymantriinae)
- tussocked
- tussocker
- tussock grass, tussockgrass
- tussock moth (Lymantriinae)
- tussock sedge (Carex stricta)
- tussocky
Translations
tuft or clump of grass or verdure
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