samara
pronunciation
How to pronounce samara in British English:
UK ['sæmərə; sə'mɑːrə]
How to pronounce samara in American English:
US ['sæmərə]
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- Noun:
- a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
Word Origin
- samara (n.)
- dried fruit of certain trees, from Latin samara "the seed of the elm," variant of samera, perhaps from Gaulish.
Example
- 1. The samara is a monocopter , meaning it has a single wing .
- 2. The wing of the vehicle is similar in size to a natural samara wing .
- 3. After further investigating the samara in order to better understand its flight dynamics , the researchers found that the winged seed is also one of nature 's most efficient fliers .
- 4. Since then , several other single-winged rotating aircraft have been developed , but none of these designs has used autorotation or been based on the samara .