tussock

WOTD - 13 December 2009    

English

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. Polish: kępa (pl) f. Russian: кочка (ru) f. Spanish: tussok (es)