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The definition of a samara is the flat wing-shaped fruit of trees that protects and carries the seeds of the tree.
(noun)An example of a samara is the enclosure for the seeds of the sycamore maple tree.
Samara is the sixth largest city in Russia.
(noun)An example of Samara is the city in southeastern Russia where the Volga port is located.
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See samara in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
a dry, one-seeded, winged fruit, as of the maple
Origin: ModL < L, seed of the elm < Gaul < *samos, summer
city in SE European Russia, on the Volga: pop. 1,184,000
See samara in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
A dry, indehiscent, winged, often one-seeded fruit, as of the ash, elm, or maple. Also called key fruit.
Origin:
Origin: Latin, elm seed
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samara
top: slippery elm fruit
bottom: silver maple fruit
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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