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Definitions of tumbleweed in various dictionaries:
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
noun - bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds
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| Russian thistle breaks from its base & goes drifting along with the wind -- so it's called this |
| The Russian thistle is a species of this plant blown about the prairies |
| Russian thistle is also called this, since the plant detaches from its base & scatters seeds as it rolls |
| A common type of this plains plant is the Russian thistle--let's go drifting along with the tumblin' these |
| A common sight in the Old West, it's the common name for the Russian thistle (if you get our drift) |
| Tumbleweed description |
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| A tumbleweed is a structural part of the above-ground anatomy of a number of species of plants, a diaspore that, once it is mature and dry, detaches from its root or stem, and tumbles away in the wind. In most such species, the tumbleweed is in effect the entire plant apart from the root system, but in other plants, a hollow fruit or an inflorescence might serve the function. Tumbleweed species occur most commonly in steppe and arid ecologies, where frequent wind and the open environment permit rolling without prohibitive obstruction.Apart from its stele (i.e., primary vascular system and roots), the tissues of the tumbleweed structure are dead; their death is functional because it is necessary for the structure to degrade gradually and fall apart so that the propagules (that is, its seeds or spores) can escape during the tumbling, or germinate after the tumbleweed has come to rest in a wet location. In the latter case, many species of tumbleweed open mechanically, releasing their seed |