🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

sámara

Pronunciation / Transliteration: samara

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Samara/səˈmɛərə/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #25000 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Las sámaras del arce giran mientras caen."

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As noun
  1. 1

    A dry, indehiscent winged fruit containing a single seed, such as that of a maple or ash, designed to be carried by the wind.

    "The spinning samaras fluttered down from the towering maple tree like tiny helicopter blades."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'samara', a word used by ancient Romans to describe the seed of the elm tree. It entered botanical terminology in the modern era to classify winged achenes found in trees like maples and ashes.

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