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tumbleweed
CIDE DICTIONARY
tumbleweed, 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; such as witch grass, wild indigo, Amarantus albus , etc. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tumbleweed, n. US & Austral. a plant, Amaranthus albus, that forms a globular bush that breaks off in late summer and is tumbled about by the wind.
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