tumbleweed
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- Plants that form tumbleweeds
- Environmental effects
- Society and culture
- References
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A tumbleweed is any structural part of the above-ground anatomy of a number of species of plants. It is a diaspore that, once mature and dry, detaches from its root or stem and rolls due to the force of the wind. It is also the name used for these types of plants.