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say it: TUHF-tid
tufted is an adjective meaning "(of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts". It carries 3 recorded senses.
(of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts
plant
(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”
animal
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for tufted come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.