tumbleweed

English Thesaurus

1. bushy plant of western United States (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	amaranth,
definition	:	any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food (noun.plant)

2. bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	bush, shrub,
definition	:	a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	cycloloma, genus cycloloma,
definition	:	a caryophyllaceous genus of the family Chenopodiaceae (noun.plant)

3. prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	bush, shrub,
definition	:	a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems (noun.plant)

4. any plant that breaks away from its roots in autumn and is driven by the wind as a light rolling mass (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	weed,
definition	:	any plant that crowds out cultivated plants (noun.plant)