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tumbleweed

noun

1 tumbleweed

Any plant that breaks away from its roots in autumn and is driven by the wind as a light rolling mass.

Dutch: steppenroller

2 tumbleweed

Prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States.

synonyms: Russian cactus, Russian thistle, Russian tumbleweed, Salsola kali tenuifolia.

3 tumbleweed

Bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds.

synonyms: Cycloloma atriplicifolium, winged pigweed.

4 tumbleweed

Bushy plant of western United States.

synonyms: Amaranthus albus, Amaranthus graecizans.


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