Key Fruit (Noun)
Meaning
A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The samara fruit of the box elder tree is also known as a key fruit due to its winged shape resembling a large key.
- Elms and maples are examples of trees that produce key fruits with single seeds that are dispersed by wind.
- The key fruits of the bigleaf maple tree mature in late spring and early summer.
- Ash trees produce key fruits that remain on the branches for a year before disintegrating in the wind.
- Students were assigned to identify the different species of trees by examining their corresponding key fruits.