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tussockland

tussockland noun: a type of ecological region of New Zealand where grasses of the genus Chionochloa predominate.

Noun

tussockland (uncountable)

  1. A type of ecological region of New Zealand where grasses of the genus Chionochloa predominate.
    • An excellent example concerns the conservation of the takahe (Porphyrio hochstetteri). Takahe are large flightless rails that were believed to be extinct until their rediscovery in the subalpine tussockland of the murchison mountains of Fiordland in 1948.2012, Steve Wolverton, editor, Conservation Biology and Applied Zooarchaeology

Origin of tussockland

From tussock + land.

Questions about tussockland

What does tussockland mean?
Tussockland means a type of ecological region of New Zealand where grasses of the genus Chionochloa predominate.
What part of speech is tussockland?
Tussockland is a noun.

Words near tussockland in the dictionary

  1. tussock sedge
  2. tussock sedges
  3. tussocked
  4. tussocker
  5. tussockers
  6. tussockland
  7. tussocks
  8. tussocky
  9. tussor
  10. tussore
  11. tussores

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