key fruit

key fruit
a samara.

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  • key fruit — Key Key (k[=e]), n. [OE. keye, key, kay, AS. c[ae]g.] 1. An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lock and operated by turning in its place …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Key fruit — (Bot.) A samara. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • key-fruit — keyˈ fruit noun A winged fruit of a tree • • • Main Entry: ↑key …   Useful english dictionary

  • key fruit — n. a dry, winged fruit, as of the maple, ash, or elm, containing the seed or seeds; samara …   English World dictionary

  • key fruit — noun a winged often one seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple • Syn: ↑samara, ↑key • Hypernyms: ↑achene * * * noun Etymology: so called from its growing in bunches suggesting a hanging bunch of keys : samara …   Useful english dictionary

  • key fruit — /ˈki frut/ (say kee frooht) noun → samara …  

  • Key — (k[=e]), n. [OE. keye, key, kay, AS. c[ae]g.] 1. An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lock and operated by turning in its place. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Key bed — Key Key (k[=e]), n. [OE. keye, key, kay, AS. c[ae]g.] 1. An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lock and operated by turning in its place …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Key bolt — Key Key (k[=e]), n. [OE. keye, key, kay, AS. c[ae]g.] 1. An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lock and operated by turning in its place …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Key bugle — Key Key (k[=e]), n. [OE. keye, key, kay, AS. c[ae]g.] 1. An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lock and operated by turning in its place …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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