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tumbleweed

noun

Any plant that breaks away from its roots in autumn and is driven by the wind as a light rolling mass

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Word length
10
Starts with
T
Ends with
D
Contains
UM
Scrabble score
18

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ˈtʌmbəlwiːd

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noun

  1. Any plant that breaks away from its roots in autumn and is driven by the wind as a light rolling mass

noun

  1. Prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States

noun

  1. Bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds

noun

  1. Bushy plant of western United States

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