Noun: samara
| Singular | samara |
| Plural | samaras; samarae |
Sample Sentences
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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]
Nouns inflected like samara
palestra,
sarisa,
samara,
schola,
Banff Springs physa,
exumbrella,
bildungsroman,
turritella,
Sir David's long-beaked echidna,
comatula,
nanoantenna,
retinula,
pyrexia,
mesoamygdala,
planetary nebula,
saxicava,
Bildungsroman,
billboard antenna,
structural formula,
babesia, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Latin samara (“elm seed”), from a Gaulish term derived from Proto-Celtic *samos (“summer”). See: Latin Nouns '
samara'.