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tussock grass

noun

  1. any of various grasses that grow in tuftlike clumps.


tussock grass

noun

  1. any of several pasture grasses of the genus Poa
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tussock grass1

First recorded in 1835–45
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They sailed ahead and by three o’clock could make out the faint patches of green tussock grass that grew among the snowy rocks.

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It revealed that prime night parrot habitat in Queensland consisted of areas of tussock grass called triodia that had been long untouched by fire, and close to water sources and seed-rich floodplains.

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Head west across the mudflats at the outflow of Loch Tarbert, and negotiate a patchwork of peat bog and tussock grass down to the coast, using intermittent deer tracks.

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The endemic Cobb’s wren hides in the towering tussock grass.

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This they repeated later on several occasions, and, climbing the cliffs by the tussock grass, were able to kill or secure on the plateau a few of the wild pigs.

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