key-fruit

English

Noun

key-fruit (plural key-fruits)

1. A samara.
   • 1910, Proceedings, volumes 11-12, Davenport Academy of Sciences, 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.