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 Meaning of TUFTED
| Pronunciation: |  | 'tuftid 
 
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[adj]  (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"  [adj]  having or adorned with tufts; "a tufted bedspread"  [adj]  (of plants) growing in dense clumps or tufts   |  |  |  |  | Sponsored Links: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | adorned, caespitose, cespitose, crested, decorated, gregarious, topknotted |  |  |  |     |  |  Webster's 1913 Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | \Tuft"ed\, a.
1. Adorned with a tuft; as, the tufted duck.
2. Growing in tufts or clusters; tufty.
         The tufted crowtoe, and pale jessamine. --Milton.
         Tufted trees and springing corn.      --Pope.
{Tufted duck} (Zo["o]l.), the ring-necked duck. [Local, U.
   S.]
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