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samara
1[ sam-er-uh, suh-mair-uh ]
noun
- an indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as of the elm or maple.
Samara
2[ suh-mahr-uh; Russian suh-mah-ruh ]
noun
- a port in the SE Russian Federation in Europe, on the Volga.
Samara
1/ saˈmarə /
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)KuibyshevKuybyshev
samara
2/ ˈsæmərə; səˈmɑːrə /
noun
- a dry indehiscent one-seeded fruit with a winglike extension to aid dispersal: occurs in the ash, maple, etc Also calledkey fruit
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.
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Example Sentences
Despite the long wait, Samara Herard says she will not give up.
Samara, an aspiring writer, enjoys soccer, acting, and considers herself a fairy-tale scholar.
Oleace, having imperfect flowers and a seed-vessel prolonged into a thin wing at the apex (called a samara).
I now possess six thousand 'desyatins' of land in the government of Samara, and three hundred horses--what then?
Regaining the main road, Major Burnaby and his companion sped on towards Samara.
Willdenow1855 indicates it at Samara, in the south-east of Russia; but more recent authors do not confirm this.
Fruit single-winged at one end (samara or key-fruit), in large clusters; ripe in autumn.
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