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| —n | |
| 1. | a dense tuft of vegetation, esp of grass |
| 2. | (Austral), (NZ) |
| a. short for tussock grass | |
| b. the tussock country where tussock grass grows | |
| [C16: perhaps related to | |
| 'tussocky | |
| —adj | |
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Tussocky
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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