tussac

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A form of tussock — A tuft or clump of green grass or similar verdure, forming a small hillock.

Scrabble 8

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nountussac (plural tussacs)

plural tussacs

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of tussock.

    […] the open land is generally covered by a grass which grows in tussacs, and produces tufts of hard, crisp, pointed blades. Stock will never willingly eat this grass; […]

    1881, William Rowntrie Robertson, Reports on the Agricultural Conditions, Capabilities, and Prospects Of The Neilgherry And Coimbatore Districts, page 33

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