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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
Classified under:
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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