About The Word Tumbleweed
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Tumbleweed
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What's The Definition Of Tumbleweed?
[n] bushy plant of western United States
[n] bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds [n] prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States [n] any plant that breaks away from its roots in autumn and is driven by the wind as a light rolling mass Synonyms | Synonyms for Tumbleweed: Amaranthus albus | Amaranthus graecizans | Cycloloma atriplicifolium | Russian cactus | Russian thistle | Russian tumbleweed | Salsola kali tenuifolia | winged pigweed Related Terms | Find terms related to Tumbleweed: See Also | amaranth | bush | Cycloloma | genus Cycloloma | shrub | weed Tumbleweed In Webster's Dictionary \Tum"ble*weed`\, n. (Bot.)
Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots in the
autumn, and is driven by the wind, as a light, rolling mass,
over the fields and prairies; as witch grass, wild indigo,
{Amarantus albus}, etc.
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