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key-fruits

key-fruits is the plural of key-fruit.

Meaning of key-fruit

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

Questions about key-fruits

What is key-fruits the plural of?
Key-fruits is the plural of key-fruit.

Words near key-fruits in the dictionary

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

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