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1. (n.) tumbleweed
any of various plants whose branching upper parts become detached from the roots and are driven about by the wind, as the amaranth Amaranthusalbus or the Russian thistle
Salsola kali.
Etymology: (1885–90, Amer.)
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1. (noun) tumbleweed
any plant that breaks away from its roots in autumn and is driven by the wind as a light rolling mass
2. (noun) Russian thistle, Russian tumbleweed, Russian cactus, tumbleweed, Salsola kali tenuifolia
prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States
3. (noun) winged pigweed, tumbleweed, Cycloloma atriplicifolium
bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds
4. (noun) tumbleweed, Amaranthus albus, Amaranthus graecizans
bushy plant of western United States
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1. (noun) tumbleweed
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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