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tumbleweed meaning in Tamil

பாலைவனத் தாவரம்

UK/ˈtʌmbəlwiːd//ˈtʌmbəlˌwid/

tumbleweed in Tamil: பாலைவனத் தாவரம். In English, tumbleweed means any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots once dry, forming a light, rolling mass which is driven by the wind from place to place; as Russian thistle, wild indigo, witch grass, Amaranthus albus, etc.

Tamil words for tumbleweed

பாலைவனத் தாவரம்

English meaning of tumbleweed

  1. noun Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots once dry, forming a light, rolling mass which is driven by the wind from place to place; as Russian thistle, wild indigo, witch grass, Amaranthus albus, etc.
  2. noun Describing unwanted silence and inactivity. Often used of a situation when one makes a statement that is ignored or ill-received by one's audience, as the resultant silence is likened to that of a desolate desert with rolling tumbleweeds.
  3. noun A tan colour, like that of a tumbleweed.

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What is the meaning of tumbleweed in Tamil?
Tumbleweed in Tamil is பாலைவனத் தாவரம்.
tumbleweed என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
Tumbleweed: பாலைவனத் தாவரம்.
What does tumbleweed mean in English?
Tumbleweed means any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots once dry, forming a light, rolling mass which is driven by the wind from place to place; as Russian thistle, wild indigo, witch grass, Amaranthus albus, etc.

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Tamil words from Tamil Wiktionary: tumbleweed (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: tumbleweed (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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