tumbleweed
15
6.5
- noun
- /ˈtʌmbəlˌwiːd/
:
planta rodadora
- One Hanford study found that local tumbleweeds drew contamination from this contaminated soil up into the stems of the plants.
- tumbleweed rolled
- tumbleweed blowing
- tumbleweed tumbling
So in the desert, tumbleweeds have a tendency to roll because the wind rolls them.
- So in the desert, tumbleweeds have a tendency to roll because the wind rolls them.
- Dry seeds of the US evangelical movement blew across the world like tumbleweeds in a deserted Western town.
- The only thing missing was tumbleweed blind past Terry's tip of the day.
- I thought she was like one with the tumbleweed by now.
- I did not sign off on adding a tumbleweed.
Examples
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Behind him, the Dodge Ram pickup lies hidden in a growth of scrub oak and tumbleweeds.
Fiction book (1997) -
So in the desert, tumbleweeds have a tendency to roll because the wind rolls them.
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Annie watched a ball of tumbleweed chase its own shadow down the road toward them.
Fiction book (1995) -
Frequently, a tumbleweed rolled across the roadway in front of her.
Fiction book (2001) -
The afternoon wind blew dust and tumbleweeds across the cracked concrete.
Fiction book (1990) -
Adrian half-expected to see a tumbleweed rolling down the street.
Fiction book (1999) -
The wind blew so strongly that the seaweed whipped loose and rolled down the beach like tumbleweeds.
Fiction book (1999) -
In the morning dark, we hear winter wind ignoring calendars, arriving on a whim, flinging tumbleweeds down the road.
Fiction book (1997) -
Tumbleweeds collected along the fencerows and dirt drifted against the tumbleweeds until they almost covered the fences.
Fiction book (1998) -
As the wind picked up, a large tumbleweed rolled across the empty road.
Synonyms
A prickly bushy plant like a round tumbleweed that grows in dry areas and damages crops
A prickly bush that breaks off and rolls in the wind across dry land
Compounds
How Invasive
- Specialized
1
4.8
- US
15
6.5
187
1.0
1
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word tumbleweed is made of two simple words, tumble ('to roll') and weed ('a wild plant'). So a tumbleweed is a plant that breaks free and rolls across dry land when the wind blows.