Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Having the form of or resembling a tuft (“a bunch of grass, hair, etc., held together at the base”). · Covered in or having many tufts. · Covered with tufts (“small clumps of bushes or trees”). · Growing in tufts.
From tuft + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives).
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