tumbleweed

noun

tum·ble·weed ˈtəm-bəl-ˌwēd

: a plant (such as Russian thistle or any of several amaranths) that breaks away from its roots in the autumn and is driven about by the wind as a light rolling mass

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The Sonoran Desert, which covers much of the southwestern United States, is a vast expanse of arid earth where cartoonish entities—roadrunners, tumbleweeds, telephone-pole-tall succulents—make occasional appearances. —

Alice Gregory, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024 As players slid for home in clouds of dust and fielded balls right before a wall of tumbleweeds, the Los Angeles Dodgers are competing in the World Series with Shohei Ohtani as their marquee star. —

Emilie Ikeda, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2024 In Pahrump − just outside of Death Valley National Park − tumbleweeds could be seen sweeping roads in every direction. —

Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2024 The jumbled scrap metal evokes tumbleweeds, but Wool achieves an impressive diversity of forms. —

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