Meaning

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

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

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

originEtymology tree English tumble Proto-West Germanic *weud Old English wēod Middle English weed English weed English tumbleweed From tumble + weed.

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