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Synonyms for samara

Most common

key key fruit helicopter whirligig

All synonyms

Noun

1. Key

key, key fruit

Other

helicopter, whirligig, whirlybird informal, polynose rare

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The winged indehiscent fruit of trees such as the ash, elm or maple.

    The fruit is a nut, samara or drupe, containing a single seed with a straight embryo and little or no endosperm.

Forms

Plural
samaras → keys, helicopters, whirligigs, whirlybirds…

Example sentences

  • key I left a duplicate key to the room with my mother.
  • helicopter Four army helicopter emerged from behind the hill.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
samarafalling
keyrising
helicoptersteady
whirligigsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
key1
8 letters
polynose
9 letters
whirligig
10 letters
helicopter4, whirlybird

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (helicopter4 = 4 syllables).

In other languages

Français
samare