carinate

[ kar-uh-neyt, -nit ]

adjective

1. Zoology, Botany. formed with a carina; keellike.

carinate

/ ˈkærɪˌneɪt /

adjective

1. biology having a keel or ridge; shaped like a keel

Other Words From

• car·i·na·tion noun
• mul·ti·car·i·nate adjective
• mul·ti·car·i·nat·ed adjective
• sub·car·i·nate adjective
• sub·car·i·nat·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of carinate¹

1775–85; < Latin carīnātus, equivalent to carīn ( a ) keel + -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of carinate¹

C17: from Latin carīnāre to furnish with a keel or shell, from carīna keel

Example Sentences

Empty glumes persistent, membranaceous and shining, carinate, acute, nearly equal; flowering glumes toothed or erose-denticulate at the truncate summit, usually delicately 3–5-nerved, with a slender twisted awn near or below the middle.

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Cones from 4 to 6 cm. long, ovate or ovate-conic, symmetrical; apophyses nut-brown, flat or convex and transversely carinate, the prickle of the umbo more or less persistent.

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It must have been that of the struthious birds or that of the carinate birds, or something different from both.

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The Rostro– carinate flints found at the base of the Crag are long bars with a beak–end, suited for breaking up earth.

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Archegonium with a slender persistent style, solitary on a usually very short branch; the perianth free from the involucral leaves, oval or oblong, terete or angular, variously carinate, cristate, or ciliate.

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