Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tussock grass

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables
tus-sock- -grass
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any grass that grows in tussocks.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Synonym of bunchgrass.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A large grass native to the Falkland Islands, Poa flabellata, and remarkable for forming great tufts.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

tussock grasses (plural) tussac grass (alternative)

Phrases

blue tussock grass (Poa colensoi broad-leafed snow tussock grass coast tussock grass common tussock grass fescue tussock grass grey tussock grass hard tussock grass mountain tussock grass

Synonyms

bunchgrass

Questions

What does tussock grass mean?
Any grass that grows in tussocks.

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