tussock grass

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Alternative forms

  • tussockgrass, tussac grass

Noun

tussock grass (countable and uncountable, plural tussock grasses)

  1. Any grass that grows in tussocks.
  2. Synonym of bunchgrass
  3. 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
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