Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Tumbleweed"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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; as witch grass, wild indigo,
{Amarantus albus}, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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