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tum·ble·weed
/ˈtʌmbəlˌwid/
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From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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
;
such
as
witch
grass
,
wild
indigo
,
Amarantus albus
,
etc
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
tumbleweed
n
1:
any
plant
that
breaks
away
from
its
roots
in
autumn
and
is
driven
by
the
wind
as
a
light
rolling
mass
2:
prickly
bushy
Eurasian
plant
;
a
troublesome
weed
in
central
and
western
United
States
[
syn
:
Russian thistle
,
Russian
tumbleweed
,
Russian cactus
,
Salsola kali tenuifolia
]
3:
bushy
annual
weed
of
central
North
America
having
greenish
flowers
and
winged
seeds
[
syn
:
winged pigweed
,
Cycloloma
atriplicifolium
]
4:
bushy
plant
of
western
United
States
[
syn
:
Amaranthus albus
,
Amaranthus graecizans
]
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