Definition of tuft

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Tuft (n.) A cluster; a clump; as, a tuft of plants..

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Fascicled :: Fascicled (a.) Growing in a bundle, tuft, or close cluster; as, the fascicled leaves of the pine or larch; the fascicled roots of the dahlia; fascicled muscle fibers; fascicled tufts of hair..
Floccus :: Floccus (n.) The tuft of hair terminating the tail of mammals.
Pean :: Pean (n.) One of the furs, the ground being sable, and the spots or tufts or..
Crown-imperial :: Crown-imperial (n.) A spring-blooming plant (Fritillaria imperialis) of the Lily family, having at the top of the stalk a cluster of pendent bell-shaped flowers surmounted with a tuft of green leaves..
Thrum :: Thrum (n.) One of the ends of weaver's threads; hence, any soft, short threads or tufts resembling these..
Lugworm :: Lugworm (n.) A large marine annelid (Arenicola marina) having a row of tufted gills along each side of the back. It is found burrowing in sandy beaches, both in America and Europe, and is used for bait by European fishermen. Called also lobworm, and baitworm..
Tellurite :: Tellurite (n.) Oxide of tellurium. It occurs sparingly in tufts of white or yellowish crystals.
Coronule :: Coronule (n.) A coronet or little crown of a seed; the downy tuft on seeds. See Pappus.
Copse :: Copse (v. t.) To trim or cut; -- said of small trees, brushwood, tufts of grass, etc..
Comose :: Comose (a.) Bearing a tuft of soft hairs or down, as the seeds of milkweed..
Thrum :: Thrum (v. t.) To furnish with thrums; to insert tufts in; to fringe.
Coma :: Coma (n.) A tuft or bunch, -- as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree; or a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant; or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds..
Seabeard :: Seabeard (n.) A green seaweed (Cladophora rupestris) growing in dense tufts.
Tillandsia :: Tillandsia (n.) A genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the Southern United States and in tropical America. Tillandsia usneoides, called long moss, black moss, Spanish moss, and Florida moss, has a very slender pendulous branching stem, and forms great hanging tufts on the branches of trees. It is often used for stuffing mattresses..
Brush :: Brush (n.) A tuft of hair on the mandibles.
Fetlock :: Fetlock (n.) The cushionlike projection, bearing a tuft of long hair, on the back side of the leg above the hoof of the horse and similar animals. Also, the joint of the limb at this point (between the great pastern bone and the metacarpus), or the tuft of hair..
Tufted :: Tufted (a.) Adorned with a tuft; as, the tufted duck..
Toupet :: Toupet (n.) A little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair.
Tufty :: Tufty (a.) Growing in tufts or clusters.
Scopiferous :: Scopiferous (a.) Bearing a tuft of brushlike hairs.
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