TuftWordNet Explorer

a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal

a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass

a grouping of a number of similar things

a small tuft or lock

an abnormal tufted growth of small branches on a tree or shrub caused by fungi or insects or other physiological disturbance

(botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)