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TUMBLEWEED

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bushy plant of western United States

Synonyms:

Amaranthus albus; Amaranthus graecizans; tumbleweed

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("tumbleweed" is a kind of...):

amaranth (any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Cycloloma atriplicifolium; tumbleweed; winged pigweed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("tumbleweed" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("tumbleweed" is a member of...):

Cycloloma; genus Cycloloma (a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Chenopodiaceae)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Russian cactus; Russian thistle; Russian tumbleweed; Salsola kali tenuifolia; tumbleweed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("tumbleweed" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("tumbleweed" is a kind of...):

weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)

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