Samara

Sa·mar·a  (s-mâr)

A city of western Russia on the Volga River east-southeast of Moscow. Founded in 1586 as a stronghold to defend river trade and the eastern frontier, it was temporarily the capital of the USSR from 1941 to 1943. From 1935 to 1991 it was known as Kuibyshev. Population: 1,150,000.

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sam·a·ra  (smr-, s-mâr, -mär) n. A dry, indehiscent, winged, often one-seeded fruit, as of the ash, elm, or maple. Also called key fruit. [Latin, elm seed.]

samara top: slippery elm fruit bottom: silver maple fruit

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samara [səˈmɑːrə ˈsæmərə]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a dry indehiscent one-seeded fruit with a winglike extension to aid dispersal: occurs in the ash, maple, etc. Also called key fruit

[from New Latin, from Latin: seed of an elm]

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Samara (Russian) [saˈmarə]

n

(Placename) a port in SW Russia, on the River Volga: centre of an important industrial complex; oil refining. Pop.: 1 168 000 (1999 est.) Former name (1935-91) Kuibyshev, Kuybyshev

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samara  (smr-) 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.

samara top: Flowering ash (Fraxinus ornus); bottom: Field maple (Acer campestre)

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Noun

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samara - a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple key fruit, key achene - small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall