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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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  1. n. 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.
  2. n. any plant that breaks away from its roots in autumn and is driven by the wind as a light rolling mass
  3. n. prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States
  4. n. bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds
  5. n. bushy plant of western United States
  6. 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.
  7. Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots in theautumn, and is driven by the wind, as a light, rolling mass, over thefields and prairies; as witch grass, wild indigo, Amarantus albus,etc.
  8. n:100 n. any plant that breaks away from its roots in autumn and is driven by the wind as a light rolling mass n. bushy plant of western United States