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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