tussock
pronunciation
How to pronounce tussock in British English:
UK [ˈtʌsək]
How to pronounce tussock in American English:
US [ˈtʌsək]
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- Noun:
- a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass
Word Origin
- tussock (n.)
- 1540s, "tuft of hair," of uncertain origin; perhaps a diminutive of earlier tusk (1520s) with the same meaning (and also of obscure origin). Meaning "tuft of grass" is first recorded c. 1600.