1. Having a keel or keel-like ridge; shaped like or resembling a keel.
Usage: technical; biology; botany

Examples

• The carinated leaves of the plant have a prominent ridge running down the center.
• Botanists identified the species by its carinated sepals.
• The carinated structure of the seed pod helps with dispersal.
• Under the microscope, the carinated surface of the insect's wing was clearly visible.
• The fossil showed a carinated shell typical of that ancient mollusk species.