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tussock

English

Etymology

Uncertain. Likely from or related to tusk +? -ock (diminutive suffix). Compare Middle High German z?sach (thicket), a derivative of Middle High German z?se (lock of hair). Compare also Scottish Gaelic dosag (little tuft).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, General American) IPA(key): /?t?s.?k/

Noun

tussock (plural tussocks)

  1. A tuft or clump of green grass or similar verdure, forming a small hillock.

Derived terms

Translations

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tussuck

English

Noun

tussuck (plural tussucks)

  1. Archaic form of tussock.
    • 1681, Nehemiah Grew, Musaeum Regalis Societatis, or, A catalogue & description of the natural and artificial rarities belonging to the Royal Society and preserved at Gresham Colledge
      The Fruit is remarkable for the ?everal Tussucks or Bunches of Thorns wherewith it is armed all round about : each Bunch consisting of about fix or eight Thorns

References

tussuck in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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