tumbleweed

A tumbleweed is a type of grass that is blown around by the wind. It is usually white or light brown, and it is usually very short.

  • The tumbleweed was rolling down the hill, slowly and unsteadily.

  • The tumbleweed was blowing in the wind, quickly and erratically.

Definition of tumbleweed

noun

bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds

Synonyms:

cycloloma atriplicifolium, winged pigweed

noun

prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States

Synonyms:

russian cactus, russian thistle, russian tumbleweed, salsola kali tenuifolia

noun

bushy plant of western United States

Synonyms:

amaranthus albus, amaranthus graecizans

noun

any plant that breaks away from its roots in autumn and is driven by the wind as a light rolling mass

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Example Sentences for tumbleweed

  • 1

    User want to enter tumbleweed and go to tumbleweed.

  • 2

    Hebard was a tumbleweed of activity.

  • 3

    No, the tumbleweed was a separate incident.

  • 4

    It is a tumbleweed and a resurrection plant.

  • 5

    It is a tumbleweed and resurrection plant.

  • 6

    In autumn, the plant forms a tumbleweed.

  • 7

    Tumbleweed refers to an awkward silence.

  • 8

    They just pass by the village with their tumbleweed.

  • 9

    Common names include tumbleweed and pigweed.