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key-fruit

key-fruit noun: a samara.

Noun

key-fruit (plural key-fruits)

  1. A samara.
    • From February 23 to April 30 a flock of about one hundred visited the University campus daily, feeding principally upon the samara or key-fruits of the box-elder trees, also the seeds of sugar-maples, and leaf buds.1910, Proceedings, volumes 11-12, Davenport Academy of Sciences, page 308

Forms of key-fruit

pluralkey-fruits

Questions about key-fruit

What does key-fruit mean?
Key-fruit means a samara.
What part of speech is key-fruit?
Key-fruit is a noun.
What is the plural of key-fruit?
The plural of key-fruit is key-fruits.

Words near key-fruit in the dictionary

  1. key-bugle
  2. key-bugles
  3. key-chain
  4. key-chains
  5. key-cold
  6. key-fruit
  7. key-fruits
  8. key-keeper
  9. key-mistress
  10. key-mistresses
  11. key-money

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