tussock : Idioms & Phrases

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plumed tussock

  • noun tall grass of New Zealand grown for plumelike flower heads
    Arundo richardii; toe toe; toetoe; Cortaderia richardii.
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tussock bellflower

  • noun European perennial bellflower that grows in clumps with spreading stems and blue or white flowers
    Campanula carpatica; spreading bellflower.
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tussock caterpillar

  • noun larva of a tussock moth
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Tussock grass

  • . (Bot.) (a) A tall, strong grass of the genus Dactylis (D. cæspitosa), valuable for fodder, introduced into Scotland from the Falkland Islands. (b) A tufted grass (Aira cæspitosa). (c) Any kind of sedge (Carex) which forms dense tufts in a wet meadow or boggy place.
Webster 1913

Tussock moth

  • noun dull-colored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous trees
    lymantriid.
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  • (Zoöl.), the imago of any tussock caterpillar. They belong to Orgyia, Halecidota, and allied genera.
Webster 1913