tussocky

[ tuhs-uh-kee ]

adjective

1. abounding in tussocks.
2. forming tussocks.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tussocky¹

First recorded in 1655–65; tussock + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Far away the coast reached out, and melted into the morning, the tussocky sandhills seemed to sink to a level with the beach.

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Here and there on very steep hillsides, wiry, tussocky grass might be growing instead of forest or peat.

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The white grass was tussocky and long, and the trail here and there had been churned into quagmire.

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From the sea to the Sierra Nevada stretch the pampas, all tussocky grass, thorn, guanacos and mirages.

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At the very bottom, almost on a level with the tussocky surface of the marsh, a barrel lay on its side, its depth leading inward.

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