tussock grass

English

Alternative forms

• tussockgrass, tussac grass

Noun

tussock grass (countable and uncountable, plural tussock grasses)

1. Synonym of bunchgrass
2. A large grass native to the Falkland Islands, Poa flabellata, and remarkable for forming great tufts.

Derived terms

• broad-leafed snow tussock grass
• green-leaved tussock grass
• narrow leaved snow tussock (Chionochloa rigida)
• plumed tussock grass
• red tussock grass (Chionochloa rubra)

References

• “*tussock*grass”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• tussock grass at USDA Plants database