tumbleweed

tum·ble·weed  (tmbl-wd)

n.

Any of various densely branched annual plants, such as amaranth and Russian thistle, that break off from the roots at the end of the growing season and are rolled about by the wind.

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tumbleweed [ˈtʌmb^əlˌwiːd]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any densely branched plant that breaks off near the ground on withering and is rolled about by the wind, esp one of several amaranths of the western US and Australia

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tumbleweed - any plant that breaks away from its roots in autumn and is driven by the wind as a light rolling mass weed - any plant that crowds out cultivated plants
	2.	tumbleweed - prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States Russian cactus, Russian thistle, Russian tumbleweed, Salsola kali tenuifolia bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
	3.	tumbleweed - bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds Cycloloma atriplicifolium, winged pigweed Cycloloma, genus Cycloloma - a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Chenopodiaceae bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
	4.	tumbleweed - bushy plant of western United States Amaranthus albus, Amaranthus graecizans amaranth - any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food

Translations

tumbleweed [ˈtʌmblwiːd] N (US) → planta f rodadora

tumbleweed

n → Steppenläufer m → or -hexe f