单词 | tussock |
释义 | tussock (once / 16554 pages) n WORD FAMILY tussock: tussocks USAGE EXAMPLESVast portions of the lake are marred by tussocks: a mix of floating mud, soil and decaying vegetation. Washington Times(Dec 03, 2016) The endemic Cobb’s wren hides in the towering tussock grass. Washington Post(Sep 01, 2016) Enlarged, the banded tussock moth takes on a reticulated wing pattern, and its thorax is graced with fine turquoise lines. Washington Post(Aug 22, 2016) n a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass Syn|Hypo|Hyper tuft wisp a small tuft or lock hexenbesen, staghead, witch broom, witches' brooman abnormal tufted growth of small branches on a tree or shrub caused by fungi or insects or other physiological disturbance coma(botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds) bunch, clump, cluster, clustering a grouping of a number of similar things |
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