: a compact tuft especially of grass or sedge
also
: an area of raised solid ground in a marsh or bog that is bound together by roots of low vegetation
Examples of tussock in a Sentence
There were grassy tussocks throughout the marsh.
Recent Examples on the Web
Common Problems With Pampas Grass If the tussock or crown of the plant is overgrown, the middle of the plant can get too full and start to rot or completely die back.
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Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2023
SwagBot can be seen automatically detecting and spraying serrated tussock.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Feb. 2019
Yet the swamp traveller goes not in a straight line but slouches from quaking island to thick tussock to slippery, half-submerged log.
—Annie Proulx, The New Yorker, 27 June 2022
The Mackenzie area’s dry tussock is home to moths and other insects found nowhere else on Earth.
—Petrina Darrah, Wired, 2 Oct. 2021
Indigenous flora are abundant, including rimu, tawa, matai, rata, and tussock.
—Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker, 14 June 2021
Then explore the surrounding sparkling rivers, cool forests, swaying valleys of tussock, and soaring mountaintops.
—Alexandra Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2020
The females scrape out a depression on the ground to lay their eggs, typically on a mound or tussock.
—Don Lyman, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Dec. 2019
Now imagine tussocks or talus (rock fields) covered by six inches of snow with water underneath.
—Holly Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 1 July 2018
Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 11 Sep. 2023
SwagBot can be seen automatically detecting and spraying serrated tussock.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Feb. 2019
Yet the swamp traveller goes not in a straight line but slouches from quaking island to thick tussock to slippery, half-submerged log.
—Annie Proulx, The New Yorker, 27 June 2022
The Mackenzie area’s dry tussock is home to moths and other insects found nowhere else on Earth.
—Petrina Darrah, Wired, 2 Oct. 2021
Indigenous flora are abundant, including rimu, tawa, matai, rata, and tussock.
—Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker, 14 June 2021
Then explore the surrounding sparkling rivers, cool forests, swaying valleys of tussock, and soaring mountaintops.
—Alexandra Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2020
The females scrape out a depression on the ground to lay their eggs, typically on a mound or tussock.
—Don Lyman, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Dec. 2019
Now imagine tussocks or talus (rock fields) covered by six inches of snow with water underneath.
—Holly Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 1 July 2018
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“Tussock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tussock. Accessed 17 Apr. 2024.
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