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Maple key

Maple.

 

The distinctive fruits are called samaras, "maple keys", "helicopters", "whirlybirds" or "polynoses". These seeds occur in distinctive pairs each containing one seed enclosed in a "nutlet" attached to a flattened wing of fibrous, papery tissue.

 

~It's A-Peeling To Me~

 

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Uploaded on January 23, 2017
Taken on January 22, 2017