samara

/ˈsæmərə/

Etymology

From Latin samara (“elm seed”), from a Gaulish term derived from Proto-Celtic *samos (“summer”).

samara means The winged indehiscent fruit of trees such as the ash, elm or maple. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 84 out of 100.

Why this word is great

SAMARA — [Noun] A winged, indehiscent fruit, such as that of the ash, elm, or maple. From Latin samara (“seed of the elm”), from a Gaulish term derived from Proto-Celtic *samos (“summer”). Unlike an “achene”—a simple, earth-clinging dry fruit—or a “nut”—a heavy, armored capsule—the samara is engineered for aerial surrender. It is the maple’s paired, spinning key, the ash’s single, oar-like blade, and the elm’s papery, circular coin: a perfected vessel of quiet release, built not to be kept, but to be let go to the solitary, hopeful gamble of the wind.

noun

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.”

name

An oblast of Russia.
A city, the administrative center of Samara Oblast, Russia, the sixth-largest in the country by population.
A tributary of the Volga in Russia, which meets the Volga at the city of the same name.
A female given name.
A tributary of the Dnieper in Ukraine.
A village in Mykolaivka settlement hromada, Sumy Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine.