A tuft of something such as hair or grass is a small amount of it which is growing together in one place or is held together at the bottom. He had a small tuft of hair on his chin. a bunch of hair, feathers, grass etc growing or held closely together at their base tuft of (tufe)
A cluster of yarns drawn through a fabric and projecting from the surface in the form of cut yarns or loops See also "Cut pile," "Cut and loop pile," "Level loop pile," "Loop pile" and "Multilevel loop pile "
{i} clump of trees or bushes; cluster tied together or fixed at their base and loose at the opposite end (feathers, threads, etc.); tassel worn on the cap of titled undergraduates of English universities in former times