A firm tuft or clump of matted vegetation, esp. coarse grass or sedge, typically found in boggy ground; a tussock. Also occasionally: an isolated…

Botany, etc. A cluster of short-stalked leaves or flowers growing from a common point, of stems growing from a common root, etc.; an umbel or…

A tuft (of hair); also, of rushes, grass, etc.

A tuft.

A heap formed round a plant by banking up or hoeing (see hill, v.2 2). Also: the cluster of plants on level ground. Cf. a hill of beans at bean, n.…

Farming. A patch, tuft, or clump of grass, weeds, etc., in a field. Obsolete.

‘A cluster of trees; a tuft of trees or shrubs’ (Johnson); now also, a compact mass or patch of any growing plant, e.g. a clump of lily of the valley.

A thick growth of plants or shrubs; a thicket. Also (in extended use): a thick growth or tuft of hair.

A wreath or spray of (natural) leaves, etc.; a trailing tendril or branch. (Cf. 1c.)

A tuft, clump, or matted growth, forming a small hillock, of grass, sedge, or the like; formerly also, a tuft or bunch of leaves, thorns, etc.

A trailing cluster of flowers, berries, tendrils, or foliage.

A cluster of stems or foliage springing from a stool or from the same root; the complement of stalks produced by one grain of corn.

A clump of trees or shrubs; a clump of grass, esp. one forming a dry spot in a bog or fen. local.

Applied to a cluster of flowers, leaves, etc.

Horticulture. A mass or clump of plants. Now rare.