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Meaning of TUFTED

Pronunciation:  'tuftid

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  (of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head; often used in combination; "golden crested"; "crested iris"; "crested oriole"; "tufted duck"; "tufted loosestrife"
  2. [adj]  having or adorned with tufts; "a tufted bedspread"
  3. [adj]  (of plants) growing in dense clumps or tufts
 
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 Synonyms: adorned, caespitose, cespitose, crested, decorated, gregarious, topknotted
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tuft"ed\, a.
1. Adorned with a tuft; as, the tufted duck.
2. Growing in tufts or clusters; tufty.
         The tufted crowtoe, and pale jessamine. --Milton.
         Tufted trees and springing corn.      --Pope.
{Tufted duck} (Zo["o]l.), the ring-necked duck. [Local, U.
   S.]
 

 

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