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tufted
CIDE DICTIONARY
tufted, a.
- Adorned with a tuft; as, the tufted duck. [1913 Webster]
- Growing in tufts or clusters; tufty. [1913 Webster]"The tufted crowtoe, and pale jessamine." [1913 Webster]"Tufted trees and springing corn." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tufted, adj.
1 having or growing in a tuft or tufts.
2 (of a bird) having a tuft of feathers on the head.
1 having or growing in a tuft or tufts.
2 (of a bird) having a tuft of feathers on the head.
ROGET THESAURUS
tufted
Roughness
N roughness, tooth, grain, texture, ripple, asperity, rugosity, salebrosity, corrugation, nodosity, arborescence, pilosity, brush, hair, beard, shag, mane, whisker, moustache, imperial, tress, lock, curl, ringlet, fimbriae, pili, cilia, villi, lovelock, beaucatcher, curl paper, goatee, papillote, scalp lock, plumage, plumosity, plume, panache, crest, feather, tuft, fringe, toupee, wool, velvet, plush, nap, pile, floss, fur, down, byssus, moss, bur, fluff, knot (convolution), rough, uneven, scabrous, scaly, knotted, rugged, rugose, rugous, knurly, asperous, crisp, salebrous, gnarled, unpolished, unsmooth, roughhewn, craggy, cragged, crankling, scraggy, prickly, arborescent, leafy, well-wooded, feathery, plumose, plumigerous, laciniate, laciniform, laciniose, pappose, pileous, pilose, trichogenous, trichoid, tufted, fimbriated, hairy, ciliated, filamentous, hirsute, crinose, crinite, bushy, hispid, villous, pappous, bearded, pilous, shaggy, shagged, fringed, befringed, setous, setose, setaceous, like quills upon the fretful porcupine, rough as a nutmeg grater, rough as a bear, downy, velvety, flocculent, woolly, lanate, lanated, lanuginous, lanuginose, tomentose, fluffy, against the grain, cabello luengo y corto el seso.For further exploring for "tufted" in Webster Dictionary Online