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tumbleweed

Meaning

noun

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

Synonyms for tumbleweed

Russian thistle
Russian tumbleweed
Russian cactus
Salsola kali tenuifolia
winged pigweed
Cycloloma atriplicifolium
Amaranthus albus
Amaranthus graecizans

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