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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 Statesplay

  Familiarity information: RUSSIAN TUMBLEWEED used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RUSSIAN TUMBLEWEED (noun)


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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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