{s} having one or more clusters consisting of flexible members tied together or fixed at their base and loose at the opposite end (feathers, threads, etc.), having tufts; growing in tufts
(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"
Carpet manufactured by tufting machines, which insert pile tufts with needles which penetrate a primary backing fabric creating a pile surface of cut and/or loop ends About 90% of all North American carpet is tufted