samara

[sam-er-uh, suh-mair-uh]

noun Botany.

an indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as of the elm or maple.

Origin of samara

1570–80; < New Latin; Latin samara, samera elm seed

Samara

[suh-mahr-uh; Russian suh-mah-ruh]

noun

a port in the SE Russian Federation in Europe, on the Volga.

Formerly Kuibyshev.

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Examples from the Web for samara

Contemporary Examples of samara

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Historical Examples of samara

In the evening a cruel conversation about the Samara revenues.
The Last Days of Tolstoy
V. G. Chertkov
The flowers of the Ash have no corolla, and the fruit is a samara.
Botany for Ladies
Jane Loudon
Fruit a membranous, compressed, winged capsule (a samara), 1-seeded.
Woodland Gleanings
Charles Tilt
Fruit a 2-celled, 2-seeded capsule, flattened and foliaceous at the extremity (a samara).
Woodland Gleanings
Charles Tilt
Fruit a 2-celled and 2-seeded samara, winged all round, nearly orbicular.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States
Asa Gray

British Dictionary definitions for samara

samara

noun

a dry indehiscent one-seeded fruit with a winglike extension to aid dispersal: occurs in the ash, maple, etcAlso called: key fruit

Word Origin for samara

C16: from New Latin, from Latin: seed of an elm

Samara

noun

a port in SW Russia, on the River Volga: centre of an important industrial complex; oil refining. Pop: 1 140 000 (2005 est)Former name (1935–91): Kuibyshev, Kuybyshev

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Word Origin and History for samara

dried fruit of certain trees, from Latin samara "the seed of the elm," variant of samera, perhaps from Gaulish.

samara in Science

samara

[săm′ər-ə]

An achene (a dry, one-seeded fruit) in which the pericarp is modified into a winglike structure adapted for airborne dispersal. The seeds of the ash, elm, and maple are contained in samaras.