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tumbleweed

(tʌmbəlwiːd)
uncountable noun
Tumbleweed is a plant that grows in desert areas in North America. It breaks off from its roots at the end of its life and then blows around on the ground.
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tumbleweed in British English

(ˈtʌmbəlˌwiːd)
noun
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

tumbleweed in American English

(ˈtʌmbəlˌwid)
US
noun
any of a number of plants, as the pigweed or Russian thistle, that break off near the ground in autumn and are blown about by the wind

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Examples of 'tumbleweed' in a sentence
tumbleweed

Six years in non-league with tumbleweed blowing through parts of the ground had left this a forgotten part of the footballing map.
The Sun (2017)
It felt like a ghost town and the roll of an empty barrel against the railings on the wall in front served as the tumbleweed.
James Birrell THE MANANA MAN (2002)
A rock rolled across the perspex, moving like tumbleweed in a wind.
Thomas, Craig THE LAST RAVEN (2002)
Beyond the glass, the dry wind was chasing a tumbleweed down the street.
Anthony G. Hillerman SKINWALKERS (2002)
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