Octothorpe vs. Tumbleweed

Octothorpenoun

The hash or square symbol (#), used mainly in telephony and computing.

Octothorpenoun

on a push-button telephone. Rumor at the telephone company is that a man named Charles B. Octothorp, wanting to make his name famous...

Tumbleweednoun

Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots in the autumn, and is driven by the wind, as a light, rolling mass, over the fields and prairies; as witch grass, wild indigo, Amaranthus albus, etc.

Tumbleweednoun

(attributive) 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.

Tumbleweednoun

A tan colour, like that of a tumbleweed.

Tumbleweednoun

Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots in the autumn, and is driven by the wind, as a light, rolling mass, over the fields and prairies; such as witch grass, wild indigo, Amarantus albus, etc.

Tumbleweednoun

any plant that breaks away from its roots in autumn and is driven by the wind as a light rolling mass

Tumbleweednoun

prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States

Tumbleweednoun

bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds

Tumbleweednoun

bushy plant of western United States

Tumbleweed

A tumbleweed is a structural part of the above-ground anatomy of a number of species of plants. It is a diaspore that once it is mature and dry, detaches from its root or stem and rolls due to the force of the wind.