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☆ tumble·weed (tum′bəl wēd′)

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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