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tus⋅sock

  [tuhs-uhk]
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–noun
a tuft or clump of growing grass or the like.
Origin:
1540–50; appar. akin to MHG zūsach thicket, deriv. of zūse lock (of hair), brushwood. See -ock

Related forms:
tussocked, adjective
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tus·sock   (tŭs'ək)   
n.  

  1. A clump or tuft, as of growing grass.

  2. A tuft of hair or feathers.


[Origin unknown.]
tus'sock·y adj.
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Word Origin & History

tussock 
1550, "tuft of hair," of uncertain origin; cf. earlier tusk (1530) with the same meaning (and also of obscure origin). Meaning "tuft of grass" is first recorded 1607.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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