| samar |
| samara | (n) a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple, Syn. key, key fruit |
| samaria | (n) an ancient city in central Palestine founded in the 9th century BC as the capital of the northern Hebrew kingdom of Israel; the site is in present-day northwestern Jordan |
| samaritan | (n) a member of the people inhabiting Samaria in biblical times |
| samarium | (n) a grey lustrous metallic element of the rare earth group; is used in special alloys; occurs in monazite and bastnasite, Syn. Sm, atomic number 62 |
| samarkand | (n) city in southern Uzbekistan; Tamerlane's opulent capital in the 14th century, Syn. Samarcand |
| samarskite | (n) a complex black mineral occurring in pegmatites |
| Samara | n. [ L. samara, samera, the seed of the elm. ] (Bot.) A dry, indehiscent, usually one-seeded, winged fruit, as that of the ash, maple, and elm; a key or key fruit. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Samare | n. See Simar. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Samaritan | a. [ L. Samaritanus. ] Of or pertaining to Samaria, in Palestine. -- |
| Samarium | n. [ NL., fr. E. samarskite. ] (Chem.) A rare metallic element of doubtful identity. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ Samarium was discovered, by means of spectrum analysis, in certain minerals (samarskite, cerite, etc.), in which it is associated with other elements of the earthy group. It has been confounded with the doubtful elements decipium, philippium, etc., and is possibly a complex mixture of elements not as yet clearly identified. Symbol Sm. Provisional atomic weight 150.2. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Samaroid | a. [ Samara + -oid. ] (Bot.) Resembling a samara, or winged seed vessel. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Samarra | n. See Simar. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Samarskite | a. [ After Samarski, a Russian. ] (Min.) A rare mineral having a velvet-black color and submetallic luster. It is a niobate of uranium, iron, and the yttrium and cerium metals. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Samariter { m }; Samariterin { f } | Samaritan [Add to Longdo] |
| Samaraschneidervogel { m } [ ornith. ] | Samar Tailor Bird [Add to Longdo] |
| Samara; Kujbysev (Stadt in Russland) | Samara; Kujbysev (city in Russia) [Add to Longdo] |
| Samarium { n } [ chem. ] | samarium [Add to Longdo] |
