tussock.

a dense clump of grass or similar vegetation, often rising above surrounding ground

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Words that belong together

• grass tussock
• tussock grass
• tussocky ground

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He stepped from one tussock to the next above the mud.

A grass tussock hid the stone marker.

Wind bent the tussocks without flattening their dense roots.

Usage notes

Primary curation section: Environment. A localized tuft or clump, not an entire meadow or a general patch of shrubs. Plural: tussocks. Related adjective: tussocky.