: a grass or sedge that typically grows in tussocks
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Recent Examples on the WebTwo days later, on January 25, Buma finds his tree: a snarl of branches poking through clumpy tussock grass.—Craig Welch, National Geographic, 7 July 2020 After the station closed in 1966, the reindeer grazed unmolested, devastating the island’s native plants, including the tussock grasses in which seabirds nest.—Lucy Jakub, Harper's magazine, 2 Mar. 2020
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