[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tumbleweed \tum"bleweed`\, 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.
   1913 webster
see also:
amarantus albus 

[2] : 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
see also:
russian thistle russian tumbleweed russian cactus salsola kali tenuifolia winged pigweed cycloloma atriplicifolium 
amaranthus albus amaranthus graecizans 

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