carinate

American  

[kar-uh-neyt, -nit] / ˈkær əˌneɪt, -nɪt /

Also carinated

adjective

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

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carinate British  

/ ˈkærɪˌneɪt /

adjective

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

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Other Word Forms

• carination noun
• multicarinate adjective
• multicarinated adjective
• subcarinate adjective
• subcarinated adjective

Etymology

Origin of carinate

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

Example Sentences

Basal glumes persistent, carinate, acute, somewhat 3-nerved, equalling or exceeding the spikelet.—Perennials; leaves flat.

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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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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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