tussock grass

English

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