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: a dry indehiscent usually one-seeded winged fruit (as of an ash or elm tree)
called also key
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Tree of heaven seed clusters hang down, each seed inside a flat samara like a small disc, that dries to brown-gray in winter.
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Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 31 Oct. 2019
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Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 31 Oct. 2019
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“Samara.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/samara. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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samara
noun
sa·ma·ra
ˈsam-ə-rə 
sə-ˈmar-ə,
-ˈmär-
: a dry usually one-seeded winged fruit (as of an elm tree) that does not split open when ripe
Geographical Definition
Samara
geographical name
Sa·ma·ra
sə-ˈmär-ə
variants
or 1935–91 Kuybyshev
city of eastern Russia in Europe in the valley of the Volga River population 1,165,000
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