1. 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.