tumbleweed

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  1. noun Any of various densely branched annual plants, such as amaranth and Russian thistle, that break off from the roots at the end of the growing season and are rolled about by the wind.

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  • In Part II we find Cornell in his mid-thirties, a rootless drifter whose intelligence has kept him in good employment though he's moved from job to job like a tumbleweed. —  F ;SF - vol 088 issue 05 - May 1995
  • Our tumbleweed-strewn oil fields pioneered many new methods of extraction. —  F ;SF; - vol 098 issue 06 - June 2000
  • This time on a Wednesday is usually reserved for discarded soda cups, popcorn boxes, and maybe a tumbleweed or two.
  • Even one of the West's most famous symbols - the tumbling tumbleweed, also known as Russian thistle - isn't from these parts. —  RGJ.com - Latest News
  • Reality, which is dedicated to fighting the myth of clean coal, released its first popular commercial in December featuring an engineer for a "clean coal facility" that looked more like a tumbleweed desert. —  Sustainablog
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