tussock

English

WOTD – 13 December 2009    

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly related to tusk, or Scottish Gaelic dosag (“little tuft”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈtʌs.ək/

Noun

tussock (plural tussocks)

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

Derived terms

• tussocked
• tussocker
• tussocky

Translations

tuft or clump of grass or verdure

• Basque: belar-sasi (eu)
• Dutch: pol (nl) f, graspol (nl) f
• Finnish: mätäs (fi), tupas (fi)
• French: tussack (fr)
• German: Grasbüschel (de) n

• Irish: tom (ga) m
• Maori: wi (mi), wīwī (mi)
• Polish: kępa (pl) f
• Russian: кочка (ru) (kočka) f
• Spanish: tussok (es)