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Samara vs Samaroid - What's the difference?

samara | samaroid |

As a noun samara

is samara.

As an adjective samaroid is

(botany) resembling a samara, or winged seed vessel.

samara

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The winged indehiscent fruit of trees such as the ash, elm or maple

    • Synonyms

    * (winged fruit) helicopter, polynose, whirligig, whirlybird

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    samaroid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (botany) Resembling a samara, or winged seed vessel.
    • (Webster 1913)