Thesaurus: 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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- 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.
- n. any plant that breaks away from its roots in autumn and is driven by the wind as a light rolling mass
- n. prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States
- n. bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds
- n. bushy plant of western United States
- 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.
- 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.
- 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