What is the meaning of tumbleweed?

Any plant that breaks away from its roots in autumn and is driven by the wind as a light rolling mass.
Prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States.
- synonyms: Russian thistle, Russian tumbleweed, Russian cactus, Salsola kali tenuifolia
Bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds.
- synonyms: winged pigweed, Cycloloma atriplicifolium
Bushy plant of western United States.
- synonyms: Amaranthus albus, Amaranthus graecizans

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