polynose

plural polynoses

1. rareSynonym of samara (“winged fruit from trees”).

   Polynoses spiral down from it, just as I remember.

   2016, Lisa A Koosis, Resurrecting Sunshine

   3 more examples

   His half came down slowly like a polynose of a maple tree leaf and he landed unharmed.

   2000, Robert Reiss, Doctor Yank, page 29

   So we follow dear Jenny along the mountaintop trail, until it descends to the forest below, where Maple and Oak, and violet Trefoil, and velvety Viburnum grow; where polynose clusters hang from Striped Maple, and Cinnamon Ferns that show.

   2007, Hal Laza, The Green Embrace, page 77

   He engaged the leader and got a perfect hit on his wing root and he was gone; he went into a wild spin and dropped like a polynose.

   2008, Dennis La Boyne, The Stick, page 210

   Synonyms: samara

1. EasternEuropenot comparablebusinessPertaining to a modification of viscose fibers in which the cellulose is copolymerized.

   The improved fibrous crystallization of the polynose fibre lends excellent stability to the finished product.

   1982, Bulgarian Foreign Trade, volumes 31-32, page 38

   2 more examples

   The energy of the interaction of macromolecules in "polynose" fibres is much greater than that in ultra-strong cord fibres.

   1967, Russian Chemical Reviews, volume 36, page 114

   Manufacture of staple (viscose, polynose and cuprammonium fibre) and regenerated protein fibre, acetate, triacetate, organzine and other artificial fibres

   1989, Basic Methodological Principles Governing the Compilation of the System of Statistical Balances of the National Economy, volume 2, United Nations Statistical Office