samara

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

sam·a·ra

[sam-er-uh, suh-mair-uh]
noun Botany.
an indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as of the elm or maple.

Origin:
1570–80; < Neo-Latin; Latin samara, samera elm seed

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Samara is always a great word to know.
So is archegonia. Does it mean:
organism with having only one complete set of chromosomes
female reproductive organ which produces eggs in bryophytes, ferns and most gymnosperms
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Sa·ma·ra

[suh-mahr-uh; Russ. suh-mah-ruh]
noun
a port in the SE Russian Federation in Europe, on the Volga. 1,257,000.
Formerly (1935–91), Kuibyshev.
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samara (səˈmɑːrə, ˈsæmərə)
 
n
Also called: key fruit a dry indehiscent one-seeded fruit with a winglike extension to aid dispersal: occurs in the ash, maple, etc
 
[C16: from New Latin, from Latin: seed of an elm]

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

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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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