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RUSSIAN TUMBLEWEED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Russian tumbleweed mean?
• RUSSIAN TUMBLEWEED (noun)
The noun RUSSIAN TUMBLEWEED has 1 sense:
1. prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States
Familiarity information: RUSSIAN TUMBLEWEED used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Russian cactus; Russian thistle; Russian tumbleweed; Salsola kali tenuifolia; tumbleweed
Hypernyms ("Russian tumbleweed" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
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