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Definition of Samaras
1. samara [n] - See also: samara
Lexicographical Neighbors of Samaras
Literary usage of Samaras
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Native Trees and how to Identify Them: A Popular Study of Their Habits by Harriet Louise Keeler (1900)
"samaras, borne in panicles. Oblong- linear, an inch to an inch and a half long.
... Its samaras differ from those of the White Ash in that the wing entirely ..."
2. The Student's Flora of the British Islands by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1884)
"samaras 1^ in., iu large drooping panicles, pedicelled, linear oblong, notched
at the tip, nucleus oblong ribbed. Seed § in.—DISTRIB. Europe, N. Africa. ..."
3. The Student's Flora of the British Islands by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1878)
"samaras 1J in., in large drooping panicles, pedicelled^linear oblong, notched at
the tip; nucleus drooping panicles, pedicelled, linear oblong, ..."
4. Seed-travellers: Studies of the Methods of Dispersal of Various Common Seeds by Clarence Moores Weed (1899)
"... KEY-FRUITS, OR samaras. THERE are many methods by which seeds have been adapted
to dispersal by the wind. The degree of adaptation is greatly varied. ..."
5. Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States: Including the District by Asa Gray (1868)
"... and small polygamous greenish flowers in panicles, the female producing 2-5
thin, linear-oblong, veiny samaras. (Adv. from China.) ORDER 26. ..."
6. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"Petals none; ovary tomentose; samaras divergent. Petals present; ovary glabrous;
samaras incurved. Leaves pale and glabrous or but slightly pubescent ..."
7. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"Petals none; ovary tomentose; samaras divergent. Petals present; ovary glabrous;
samaras incurved. Leaves pale and glabrous or but slightly pubescent ..."
8. Our Native Trees and how to Identify Them: A Popular Study of Their Habits by Harriet Louise Keeler (1900)
"samaras, borne in panicles. Oblong- linear, an inch to an inch and a half long.
... Its samaras differ from those of the White Ash in that the wing entirely ..."
9. The Student's Flora of the British Islands by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1884)
"samaras 1^ in., iu large drooping panicles, pedicelled, linear oblong, notched
at the tip, nucleus oblong ribbed. Seed § in.—DISTRIB. Europe, N. Africa. ..."
10. The Student's Flora of the British Islands by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1878)
"samaras 1J in., in large drooping panicles, pedicelled^linear oblong, notched at
the tip; nucleus drooping panicles, pedicelled, linear oblong, ..."
11. Seed-travellers: Studies of the Methods of Dispersal of Various Common Seeds by Clarence Moores Weed (1899)
"... KEY-FRUITS, OR samaras. THERE are many methods by which seeds have been adapted
to dispersal by the wind. The degree of adaptation is greatly varied. ..."
12. Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States: Including the District by Asa Gray (1868)
"... and small polygamous greenish flowers in panicles, the female producing 2-5
thin, linear-oblong, veiny samaras. (Adv. from China.) ORDER 26. ..."
13. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"Petals none; ovary tomentose; samaras divergent. Petals present; ovary glabrous;
samaras incurved. Leaves pale and glabrous or but slightly pubescent ..."
14. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"Petals none; ovary tomentose; samaras divergent. Petals present; ovary glabrous;
samaras incurved. Leaves pale and glabrous or but slightly pubescent ..."
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