tussock grass
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English
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Noun
tussock grass (countable and uncountable, plural tussock grasses)
- Any grass that grows in tussocks.
- Synonym of bunchgrass
- A large grass native to the Falkland Islands, Poa flabellata, and remarkable for forming great tufts.
Derived terms
- blue tussock grass (Poa colensoi
- broad-leafed snow tussock grass (Chionochloa flavescens)
- coast tussock grass (Poa poiformis)
- common tussock grass (Poa labillardierei)
- fescue tussock grass (Festuca novaezelandiae)
- grey tussock grass (Poa sieberiana)
- hard tussock grass (Festuca novaezelandiae)
- mountain tussock grass (Poa intermedia)
- narrow-leaved snow tussock grass (Chionochloa rigida)
- plumed tussock grass (Arundo conspicua)
- red tussock grass (Chionochloa rubra)
- sand tussock grass (Festuca littoralis)
- silver tussock grass (Poa cita)
- snow tussock grass (Chionochloa spp.)
References
tussock grass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “*tussock*grass”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- tussock grass at USDA Plants database
