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tussock

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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).

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tussock (plural tussocks)

  1. A tuft or clump of green grass or similar verdure, forming a small hillock.
  2. Tussock grass.
    • 1985, Janet Frame, An Angel at my Table, Virago, published 2024, page 401:
      I yearned, painfully, for [] a sight and touch of a hillside covered with golden tussock.

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