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tussock
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tussock
1. a dense tuft of vegetation, esp of grass
2. Austral and NZ
a. short for tussock grass
b. the. country where tussock grass grows
tussock [′təs·ək]
(ecology)
A small hummock of generally solid ground in a bog or marsh, usually covered with and bound together by the roots of low vegetation such as grasses, sedges, or ericaceous shrubs.
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The cattle have been brought to the island because their grazing patterns provide short tussocky grass, which breeding lapwing prefer for nesting.
Castaway cattle head for island getaway by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Simon says: "You go up a forest track, cross a tussocky area and suddenly come across this little sandstone gorge which is really beautiful.
An author's home is her bastle ... Environment Editor Tony Henderson ... by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Footfall was then joined by the push of wind filtered through the tussocky hillsides, but the breeze dropped as you dipped into the folds of the hills and then the hush that only comes with heat or the dead of night descended.
Sounds of silence by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
 
 
 
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