Dictionary

samara en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsæmərə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /səˈmɛərə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈsæmərə/ (General-American)
• /səˈmɛrə/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Latin samara (“elm seed”), from a Gaulish term derived from Proto-Celtic *samos (“summer”).

Meanings

1. The winged indehiscent fruit of trees such as the ash, elm or maple.
   • The fruit is a nut, samara or drupe, containing a single seed with a straight embryo and little or no endosperm. 1993, R. H. Richens, "Ulmaceae", pages 95-96 in, V. H. Heywood, ed., Flowering Plants of the World, updated edition, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, page 96

Forms

Deriveds

samariform · samaroid

Synonyms

whirligig · helicopter · polynose · whirlybird

Translations (25)

pt sâmara (winged indehiscent fruit) · de Samara (winged indehiscent fruit) · et tiibvili (winged indehiscent fruit) · be крыла́тка (winged indehiscent fruit) · ar جَنَاحِيَّة (winged indehiscent fruit) · tl pakpakbunga (winged indehiscent fruit) · fi pallepähkylä (winged indehiscent fruit) · ka ფრთიანა (winged indehiscent fruit) · be кры́лаўка (winged indehiscent fruit) · es sámara (winged indehiscent fruit) · it samara (winged indehiscent fruit) · cmn 翅果 (winged indehiscent fruit) · cy samara (winged indehiscent fruit) · nl vleugelnoot (winged indehiscent fruit) · eo samaro (winged indehiscent fruit) · ko 시과 (winged indehiscent fruit) · hu ikerlependék (winged indehiscent fruit) · fr samare (winged indehiscent fruit) · pl skrzydlak (winged indehiscent fruit) · ru крыла́тка (winged indehiscent fruit) · hu lependék (winged indehiscent fruit) · uk крила́тка (winged indehiscent fruit) · cs dvounažka (winged indehiscent fruit) · de Flügelnuss (winged indehiscent fruit) · ja 翼果 (winged indehiscent fruit)