EGAVE

tufty

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Meaning

  1. adjective Having the form of or resembling a tuft (“a bunch of grass, hair, etc., held together at the base”).
  2. adjective Covered in or having many tufts.
  3. adjective Covered with tufts (“small clumps of bushes or trees”).
  4. adjective Growing in tufts.
  5. noun The tufted duck (Aythya fuligula).
  6. adjective Of a cow: seeking a bull to mate with.

Similar words

turflike tresslike crinite tussocky stupeous stupose cespitous tressy tussocked tufaceous

Often followed by

grass hair the club habit and ears eyebrows beard

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