carina

2 definitions found

carina - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Carina \Ca*ri"na\, n. [L., keel.]
     1. (Bot.) A keel.
        (a) That part of a papilionaceous flower, consisting of
            two petals, commonly united, which incloses the organs
            of fructification.
        (b) A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a
            boat.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.) The keel of the breastbone of birds.
        [1913 Webster]

carina - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Carina
      n 1: a keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere;
           contains the start Canopus
      2: any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that
         on the breastbone of a bird or that formed by the fused
         petals of a pea blossom