Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tumbleweed

4 senses of tumbleweed

Sense 1
tumbleweed -- (any plant that breaks away from its roots in autumn and is driven by the wind as a light rolling mass)
       => weed -- (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)

Sense 2
Russian thistle, Russian tumbleweed, Russian cactus, tumbleweed, Salsola kali tenuifolia -- (prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States)
       => shrub, bush -- (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Sense 3
winged pigweed, tumbleweed, Cycloloma atriplicifolium -- (bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds)
       => shrub, bush -- (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Sense 4
tumbleweed, Amaranthus albus, Amaranthus graecizans -- (bushy plant of western United States)
       => amaranth -- (any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food)