Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tuft \Tuft\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tufted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Tufting}.]
   1. To separate into tufts.

   2. To adorn with tufts or with a tuft. --Thomson.

Tufted \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.]

Source : WordNet®

tufted
     adj 1: (of plants) growing in dense clumps or tufts [syn: {caespitose},
             {cespitose}]
     2: having or adorned with tufts; "a tufted bedspread"
     3: (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" [syn: {crested}, {topknotted}]