Tumble-weed, or ROLLING-WEED, a name given to several plants whose globular flowering heads are detached in autumn, and rolled about, scattering their seed. Such are various species of Amarantus, Psoralea, Corispermum (Bug-seed), and Cycloloma (Winged Pig-weed).
Tumble-weed
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 320
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