tuft

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++tuft /tʌft/ noun [countable]  GROUP OF THINGSa bunch of hair, feathers, grass etc growing or held closely together at their base 〔头发、羽毛、草等的〕一束，一簇tuft of tufts of grass 一簇簇的草

Examples from the Corpus

tuft• Caroline is in her late forties; she resembles a five-foot potato with black tufts of Raggedy Ann yarn for hair.• Like the rituals of harvest and planting in pastoral societies, the desert broom tufts are a sign.• The ear tufts of a few species do not represent true ears.• She had tufts of hair in her armpits like clumps of grass.• He used small gouges to carve little tufts of fur with long, controlled strokes, following the marked lines.• Jim leaned on one elbow and tore off tufts of grass and threw them at my face.• The plant forms a dense, tall tuft, capable of withstanding plenty of disturbance in the tank.tuft of• A tiny tuft of red hair poked out from under her scarf.Origin tuft (1300-1400) Old French tufe

tuft nounChinese  

held a or of bunch feathers, grass hair, growing Corpus etc

tuft
tuft /tʌft/ noun [countable]a bunch of hair, feathers, grass etc growing or held closely together at their base
    tuft of
    tufts of grass

tuftBrE /tʌft/ 🔊NAmE /tʌft/ 🔊 noun~ (of sth) a number of pieces of hair, grass, etc. growing or held closely together at the base （在底部丛生或聚集的）一绺毛发，一丛草