'Tumbleweed' definitions:
Definition of 'tumbleweed'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any plant that breaks away from its roots in autumn and is driven by the wind as a light rolling mass
noun
Prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States [syn: Russian thistle, Russian tumbleweed, Russian cactus, tumbleweed, Salsola kali tenuifolia]
noun
Bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds [syn: winged pigweed, tumbleweed, Cycloloma atriplicifolium]
noun
Bushy plant of western United States [syn: tumbleweed, Amaranthus albus, Amaranthus graecizans]
Definition of 'Tumbleweed'
From: GCIDE
- Tumbleweed \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. [1913 Webster]