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Tumbleweed

Tumbleweed Meaning & Definition
Tumbleweed Definition And Meaning

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

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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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