key-fruit
English
Noun
key-fruit (plural key-fruits)
- A samara.
- 1910, Davenport Academy of Sciences, Proceedings (volumes 11-12, page 308)
- 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, Davenport Academy of Sciences, Proceedings (volumes 11-12, page 308)
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