0 a plant of North America and Australia that breaks near the ground when it dies, and forms large balls that are rolled around by the wind
They named their tricky construction a 'tumbleweed'.
She came across like a character in a western, wandering on a desert plain with tumbleweed blowing around.
As a chenopod, quinoa is closely related to species such as beetroots, spinach and tumbleweeds.
At maturity, the entire fruit body may become detached from the ground, and the spores spread as the puffball is blown around like a tumbleweed.
Some achenes have accessory hair-like structures that cause them to tumble in the wind in a manner similar to a tumbleweed.
Tumbleweed highlights short films and documentaries from independent filmmakers throughout the world.
This is where the outback begins, with plenty of kangaroos and emus and giant tumbleweeds roll across the roads.
Abandoned streets and taxiways are being eroded away by sands, tumbleweeds and time.
