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noun səˈmɑːrəˈsamərə Botany A winged nut or achene containing one seed, as in ash and maple. 〔植〕翅果 Example sentencesExamples - As in natural dispersal, we used samaras of the trees, and cleaned, dry shrub seeds.
- Trials with marked seeds showed occasionally some were eaten in traps, but as nearly all of those were left as split samaras, we carefully examined all samaras in traps and counted any split as having been filled.
- Pollen is dispersed by small bees and dipterans; samaras ripen in autumn and are dispersed by wind.
- The fruits of the two trees are single-seeded, wind-dispersed samaras, which we refer to as seeds.
- The fruit of B. monosperma is a single-seeded samara and disperses as a diaspore.
OriginLate 16th century: modern Latin, from Latin, denoting an elm seed. proper nounsəˈmɑːrəsəˈmärə A city and river port in south-western central Russia, situated on the River Volga at its confluence with the River Samara; population 1,135,400 (est. 2008). Former name (1935–91) Kuibyshev
RhymesAsmara, Bukhara, carbonara, Carrara, cascara, Connemara, Damara, Ferrara, Gemara, Guadalajara, Guevara, Honiara, Lara, marinara, mascara, Nara, Sahara, samsara, samskara, shikara, Tamara, tiara, Varah, Zara noun Botany A winged nut or achene containing one seed, as in ash and maple. 〔植〕翅果 Example sentencesExamples - The fruits of the two trees are single-seeded, wind-dispersed samaras, which we refer to as seeds.
- Trials with marked seeds showed occasionally some were eaten in traps, but as nearly all of those were left as split samaras, we carefully examined all samaras in traps and counted any split as having been filled.
- Pollen is dispersed by small bees and dipterans; samaras ripen in autumn and are dispersed by wind.
- As in natural dispersal, we used samaras of the trees, and cleaned, dry shrub seeds.
- The fruit of B. monosperma is a single-seeded samara and disperses as a diaspore.
OriginLate 16th century: modern Latin, from Latin, denoting an elm seed. proper nounsəˈmärə A city and river port in southwestern central Russia, situated on the Volga River at its confluence with the Samara River; population 1,135,400 (est. 2008). Former name (1935–91) Kuibyshev |