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tussock
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Tussock
(gcide) | Tussock \Tus"sock\, n. [From Tuz.] [Written also tussuck.]
1. A tuft, as of grass, twigs, hair, or the like; especially,
a dense tuft or bunch of grass or sedge.
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Such laying of the hair in tussocks and tufts.
--Latimer.
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2. (Bot.) Same as Tussock grass, below.
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3. (Zool.) A caterpillar of any one of numerous species of
bombycid moths. The body of these caterpillars is covered
with hairs which form long tufts or brushes. Some species
are very injurious to shade and fruit trees. Called also
tussock caterpillar. See Orgyia.
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Tussock grass. (Bot.)
(a) A tall, strong grass of the genus Dactylis
(Dactylis caespitosa), valuable for fodder,
introduced into Scotland from the Falkland Islands.
(b) A tufted grass (Aira caespitosa).
(c) Any kind of sedge (Carex) which forms dense tufts in
a wet meadow or boggy place.
Tussock moth (Zool.), the imago of any tussock caterpillar.
They belong to Orgyia, Halecidota, and allied genera.
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tussock
(wn) | tussock
n 1: a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass [syn: tuft,
tussock] |
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plumed tussock
(encz) | plumed tussock, n: |
tussock
(encz) | tussock,trs trávy Zdeněk Brož |
tussock bellflower
(encz) | tussock bellflower, n: |
tussock caterpillar
(encz) | tussock caterpillar, n: |
tussock moth
(encz) | tussock moth, n: |
tussocky
(encz) | tussocky,trsovitý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
tussock caterpillar
(gcide) | Tussock \Tus"sock\, n. [From Tuz.] [Written also tussuck.]
1. A tuft, as of grass, twigs, hair, or the like; especially,
a dense tuft or bunch of grass or sedge.
[1913 Webster]
Such laying of the hair in tussocks and tufts.
--Latimer.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) Same as Tussock grass, below.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Zool.) A caterpillar of any one of numerous species of
bombycid moths. The body of these caterpillars is covered
with hairs which form long tufts or brushes. Some species
are very injurious to shade and fruit trees. Called also
tussock caterpillar. See Orgyia.
[1913 Webster]
Tussock grass. (Bot.)
(a) A tall, strong grass of the genus Dactylis
(Dactylis caespitosa), valuable for fodder,
introduced into Scotland from the Falkland Islands.
(b) A tufted grass (Aira caespitosa).
(c) Any kind of sedge (Carex) which forms dense tufts in
a wet meadow or boggy place.
Tussock moth (Zool.), the imago of any tussock caterpillar.
They belong to Orgyia, Halecidota, and allied genera.
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Tussock grass
(gcide) | Tussock \Tus"sock\, n. [From Tuz.] [Written also tussuck.]
1. A tuft, as of grass, twigs, hair, or the like; especially,
a dense tuft or bunch of grass or sedge.
[1913 Webster]
Such laying of the hair in tussocks and tufts.
--Latimer.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) Same as Tussock grass, below.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Zool.) A caterpillar of any one of numerous species of
bombycid moths. The body of these caterpillars is covered
with hairs which form long tufts or brushes. Some species
are very injurious to shade and fruit trees. Called also
tussock caterpillar. See Orgyia.
[1913 Webster]
Tussock grass. (Bot.)
(a) A tall, strong grass of the genus Dactylis
(Dactylis caespitosa), valuable for fodder,
introduced into Scotland from the Falkland Islands.
(b) A tufted grass (Aira caespitosa).
(c) Any kind of sedge (Carex) which forms dense tufts in
a wet meadow or boggy place.
Tussock moth (Zool.), the imago of any tussock caterpillar.
They belong to Orgyia, Halecidota, and allied genera.
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Tussock moth
(gcide) | Tussock \Tus"sock\, n. [From Tuz.] [Written also tussuck.]
1. A tuft, as of grass, twigs, hair, or the like; especially,
a dense tuft or bunch of grass or sedge.
[1913 Webster]
Such laying of the hair in tussocks and tufts.
--Latimer.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) Same as Tussock grass, below.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Zool.) A caterpillar of any one of numerous species of
bombycid moths. The body of these caterpillars is covered
with hairs which form long tufts or brushes. Some species
are very injurious to shade and fruit trees. Called also
tussock caterpillar. See Orgyia.
[1913 Webster]
Tussock grass. (Bot.)
(a) A tall, strong grass of the genus Dactylis
(Dactylis caespitosa), valuable for fodder,
introduced into Scotland from the Falkland Islands.
(b) A tufted grass (Aira caespitosa).
(c) Any kind of sedge (Carex) which forms dense tufts in
a wet meadow or boggy place.
Tussock moth (Zool.), the imago of any tussock caterpillar.
They belong to Orgyia, Halecidota, and allied genera.
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Tussocky
(gcide) | Tussocky \Tus"sock*y\, a.
Having the form of tussocks; full of, or covered with,
tussocks, or tufts.
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plumed tussock
(wn) | plumed tussock
n 1: tall grass of New Zealand grown for plumelike flower heads
[syn: plumed tussock, toe toe, toetoe, {Cortaderia
richardii}, Arundo richardii] |
tussock
(wn) | tussock
n 1: a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass [syn: tuft,
tussock] |
tussock bellflower
(wn) | tussock bellflower
n 1: European perennial bellflower that grows in clumps with
spreading stems and blue or white flowers [syn: {tussock
bellflower}, spreading bellflower, Campanula carpatica] |
tussock caterpillar
(wn) | tussock caterpillar
n 1: larva of a tussock moth |
tussock moth
(wn) | tussock moth
n 1: dull-colored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the
body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous trees [syn:
lymantriid, tussock moth] |
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