tumbleweed

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Synonyms: tumble weed, tumblewed, thimbleweed, tumbleweeds

Antonyms: tumble weed, tumblewed, thimbleweed, tumbleweeds

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Noun

1. Any [[plant#Noun|plant]] which [[habitually]] [[break away|breaks away]] from its [[root#Noun|roots]] once [[dry#Adjective|dry]], [[form#Verb|forming]] a [[light#Adjective|light]], [[rolling#Adjective|rolling]] [[mass#Noun|mass]] which is [[drive#Verb|driven]] by the [[wind#Noun|wind]] from [[place#Noun|place]] to place; as [[Russian thistle]], [[wild indigo]], [[witch grass]], {{taxlink|Amaranthus albus|species}}, etc.
2. {{lb|en|attributive}} {{n-g|Describing [[unwanted]] [[silence]] and [[inactivity]]. Often used of a situation when one makes a statement that is ignored or [[ill-received]] by one's audience, as the resultant silence is likened to that of a desolate desert with rolling tumbleweeds.}}
3. A [[tan]] [[colour]], like that of a dried out tumbleweed.

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