carina

Meaning

1. A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.
2. Part of a papilionaceous flower consisting of two petals, commonly united, which encloses the organs of fructification.
3. The keel of the glume of grasses.
4. The principal nerve of a sepal.
5. The keel of the breastbone of birds.
6. Any of several features that have a projecting central ridge.

Synonyms

carene

keel

Solanum nigrum

Black Nightshade

Herba Solani Nigri

keel pelals

Translations

carena

carina

carène

carena

carena

omurga

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin carīna (“keel”). Doublet of careen and carene.