Genera Poa, Nassella, or Deschampsia, family Gramineae: several species, in particular D. cespitosa, a coarse fodder grass of the northern hemisphere
Example sentencesExamples
Well over to our right we can see a large island that's covered in tussock grass and amongst this tussock grass we can see literally thousands of pairs of nesting black-browed albatrosses.
Nests were usually well hidden in strong coarse grasses, leafy shrubs, and shorter tussock grasses.
The day's walk usually began with a climb up to the plateau through the tussock grass which was always wet in the daily drizzle.
As the Apu leads the charge, some 40 birds march through the tall tussock grass like an advancing army.
Next we had to get our gear up a 70-foot-high cliff; carry it through waist-high tussock grass, which is just about impossible to walk through without falling over every few steps; and, finally, wade through a bog.
Definition of tussock grass in US English:
tussock grass
noun
A grass which grows in tussocks.
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Genera Poa, Nassella, or Deschampsia, family Gramineae: several species, in particular D. cespitosa, a coarse fodder grass of the northern hemisphere
Example sentencesExamples
As the Apu leads the charge, some 40 birds march through the tall tussock grass like an advancing army.
Well over to our right we can see a large island that's covered in tussock grass and amongst this tussock grass we can see literally thousands of pairs of nesting black-browed albatrosses.
Next we had to get our gear up a 70-foot-high cliff; carry it through waist-high tussock grass, which is just about impossible to walk through without falling over every few steps; and, finally, wade through a bog.
The day's walk usually began with a climb up to the plateau through the tussock grass which was always wet in the daily drizzle.
Nests were usually well hidden in strong coarse grasses, leafy shrubs, and shorter tussock grasses.