carinaladj.
/kəˈrʌɪnəl/ Zoology and Botany.
Pertaining to the carina; see carina n.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > ridged
carinated1698
carinate1781
porcated1781
porcate?a1808
carinal1872
the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > ridge channel > [adjective]
rivelledOE
wrinkled1563
channelled1597
ribbed1597
trisulcated1703
ribby1706
rugose1707
ruminate1800
ruminated1828
striolate?1841
multicostate1849
crested1856
fork-ribbed1858
tricostate1861
bicarinate1872
carinal1872
vallecular1875
carinate1876
bicarinated1880
trisulcate1891
1872 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. 151 The carinal Margin.
1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 181 The carinal ridges are opposite to the stamens.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals vi. 292 The carinal and the rostral compartments.
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