Definition of tussock Tussock

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We found 7 definitions of tussock from 5 different sources.

What does tussock mean?

Noun
tussock - a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass
		tuft
		cluster, clustering, bunch, clump any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole caboodle"
		wisp a small tuft or lock; "wisps of hair"
		hexenbesen, staghead, witch broom, witches' broom an abnormal tufted growth of small branches on a tree or shrub caused by fungi or insects or other physiological disturbance

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tussock (Noun)
A tuft or clump of green grass or similar verdure, forming a small hillock.

tussock (n.)
A tuft, as of grass, twigs, hair, or the like; especially, a dense tuft or bunch of grass or sedge.
tussock (n.)
Same as Tussock grass, below.
tussock (n.)
A caterpillar of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths. The body of these caterpillars is covered with hairs which form long tufts or brushes. Some species are very injurious to shade and fruit trees. Called also tussock caterpillar. See Orgyia.

tussock
tus′ok, n. a tuft of grass or twigs.—ns. Tuss′ock-grass, a large grass of the same genus with the Cock's-foot Grass of Britain, native to the Falkland Islands, remarkable for forming great tufts—also Tuss′ac-grass; Tuss′ock-moth, a grayish-white moth about an inch long, the caterpillars of which do great mischief in hop-grounds, and are known as Hop-dogs.—adj. Tuss′ocky, abounding in tufts. [Perh. conn. with obs. tusk, a tuft; cf. Dan. dusk.]