# What do you call these things?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-these-things/538395>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 5, 2010, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-these-things/538395 "2010-05-05T09:58:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![wunderkammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@wunderkammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wunderkammer)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-these-things/538395/61 "2010-05-06T22:05:06Z")

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It’s surprising how many Wisconsin-dwellers are cropping up in this thread.

(Me too. Wisconsin. Helicopters.)

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**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-these-things/538395/62 "2010-05-07T04:47:48Z")

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Helicopter seeds (from West-by-Gawd-Virginia)

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**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-these-things/538395/63 "2010-05-07T05:09:35Z")

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So…a sycamore tree is a maple tree? They’re the same?

I did not know that. I thought they were different. Hmmm.

To answer the OP, “helicopters” or “helicopter seeds” and they’re all over my roof and in my gutters! It never stops with these trees.

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