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A samara is a type of fruit
Fruit

The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context, and the term is not synonymous in food preparation and biology. In botany, which is the scientific study of plants, fruits are the ripened Ovary of flowering plants....
 in which a flattened wing of fibrous, papery tissue develops from the ovary wall. A samara is a simple dry fruit and indehiscent (not opening along a seam). They are winged achenes. The shape of a samara enables the wind to carry the seed away from the parent tree:



A samara is sometimes called a key and is often referred to as a helicopter
Helicopter

A helicopter is an aircraft that is Lift and propelled by one or more horizontal plane Helicopter rotors, each rotor consisting of two or more rotor blades....
 or whirligig
Whirligig

A whirligig is an object that spins or whirls, or has at least one member that spins or whirls in the wind.The word, derived from the verb to whirl, is known in English since 1440, originally for various spinning toys....
 or polynose.








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Samara Maple
A samara is a type of fruit
Fruit

The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context, and the term is not synonymous in food preparation and biology. In botany, which is the scientific study of plants, fruits are the ripened Ovary of flowering plants....
 in which a flattened wing of fibrous, papery tissue develops from the ovary wall. A samara is a simple dry fruit and indehiscent (not opening along a seam). They are winged achenes. The shape of a samara enables the wind to carry the seed away from the parent tree:

  • The seed can be in the centre of the wing, as in the elm
    Elm

    Elms are deciduous and semi-deciduous trees comprising the genus Ulmus, family Ulmaceae. Elms first appeared in the Miocene period about 40 million years ago....
    s (genus Ulmus) and the hoptree
    Hoptree

    The Hoptree is a deciduous shrub or small tree 6-8 m tall with a broad crown. It is native to North America, from southern Ontario, Canada southeast to Florida, USA, west to southern California and south to Oaxaca in southern Mexico....
     (Ptelea trifoliata).
  • The seed can be on one side, with the wing extending to the other side, making the seed spiral as it falls, as in the maple
    Maple

    Acer is a genus of trees or shrubs commonly known as Maple. Maples are variously classified in a family of their own, the Aceraceae, or included in the family Sapindaceae....
    s (genus Acer) and ashes
    Ash tree

    Fraxinus is a genus of usually medium to large trees, mostly deciduous though a few subtropical species are evergreen. The leaf are opposite , and mostly pinnately-compound, simple in a few species....
     (genus Fraxinus).


A samara is sometimes called a key and is often referred to as a helicopter
Helicopter

A helicopter is an aircraft that is Lift and propelled by one or more horizontal plane Helicopter rotors, each rotor consisting of two or more rotor blades....
 or whirligig
Whirligig

A whirligig is an object that spins or whirls, or has at least one member that spins or whirls in the wind.The word, derived from the verb to whirl, is known in English since 1440, originally for various spinning toys....
 or polynose.

Further reading

  • Spinning Flight : Dynamics of Frisbees, Boomerangs, Samaras and Skipping Stones, Ralph Lorenz, Copernicus New York, September 2006 ISBN 0-387-30779-6