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SAMARA
samara, key fruit, key
(noun) a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Samara
An oblast in Russia.
A city, the administrative center of Samara, Russia, the sixth-largest in the country by population.
A tributary of Volga in Russia, which meets the Volga at the city of the same name.
A female given name
Synonyms
• (city): Kuybyshev (name from 1935 to 1991)
Anagrams
• Asmara, asrama
Etymology
Noun
samara (plural samaras or samarae)
The winged indehiscent fruit of trees such as the ash, elm or maple
Synonyms
• (winged fruit): helicopter, polynose, whirligig, whirlybird
Anagrams
• Asmara, asrama
Source: Wiktionary
Sa*ma"ra ( or ), n. Etym: [L. samara, samera, the seed of the elm.] (Bot.)
Definition: A dry, indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as that of the ash, maple, and elm; a key or key fruit.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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