tussock Synonyms
Another word for tussock
• noun (Context 1)
A small, dense clump or tuft of grass, sedge, or similar vegetation that grows slightly raised above the surrounding ground, especially in marshes, bogs, or moorland.
"The hikers carefully stepped from one dry tuft to another as they crossed the waterlogged peat bog."
• noun (Context 2)
Any of various coarse, clump-forming grasses of the family Poaceae (especially genera such as Chionochloa, Poa, and Festuca) that dominate temperate grasslands in New Zealand and Australia.
"Golden bunchgrass covered the rolling hills of the South Island high country as far as the eye could see."
• noun (Context 3)
A dense tuft of hair, feathers, or bristles, especially one growing on the body of certain caterpillars.
"The caterpillar of the vapourer moth is easily recognized by the four brush-like tussocks of yellow hairs along its back."