noun
- a dense clump or tuft of grass or other vegetation
Examples
- The sheep grazed around the tussocks of coarse grass.
- She stepped carefully from one tussock to another across the marshy ground.
- The field was dotted with tussocks of sedge and wildflowers.
- Birds often nest in the shelter of grass tussocks.
- The hiking trail wound between large tussocks of native vegetation.
- After the fire, new tussocks of grass began to emerge from the blackened soil.