tussac

English

Noun

tussac (plural tussacs)

1. Obsolete form of tussock.
   • 1881, William Rowntrie Robertson, Reports on the Agricultural Conditions, Capabilities, and Prospects Of The Neilgherry And Coimbatore Districts, page 33:

     […] 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; […]

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• tussac grass